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    One of Churchill's Own: The Memoirs of Battle of Britain Ace John Greenwood
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    One of Churchill's Own: The Memoirs of Battle of Britain Ace John Greenwood

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    John Greenwood was born in East London in April 1921. At the age of eighteen he forged his father’s signature and joined the RAF on a short service commission in February 1939. Seven months later Britain declared war on Germany and 253 Squadron was formed. In May 1940, John and his fellow pilots were sent to France with 24 hours’ notice where he shot down a Dornier 17 and a Messerschmitt 109 the next day, before returning to England with only four pilots and three aircraft left. He was the last surviving member of 253 Squadron who fought in the Battle of France, then subsequently in the Battle of Britain. One of Churchill’s last surviving Few, this is his story.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPen and Sword
    Release dateOct 31, 2016
    ISBN9781473872691
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    One of Churchill's Own: The Memoirs of Battle of Britain Ace John Greenwood
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    John Greenwood

    John Greenwood is the pseudonym of John Buxton Hilton was born in 1921 in Buxton, Derbyshire. After his war service in the army he became an Inspector of schools, before retiring in 1970 to take up full-time writing. Hilton wrote two books on language teaching as well as being a prolific crime writer - his works include the Superintendent Simon Kenworthy series and the Inspector Thomas Brunt series, as well as the Inspector Mosley series as John Greenwood.

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