Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer)
List of air victories

Johnnie Johnson (RAF officer)

Section Title: List of air victories
Table Section Text: None

Chronicle of aerial victories

Claim No.	Date	Location	Flying	Aircraft type	Notes

15 Jan 1941	Spitfire IA K4477	Dornier Do 17 half-share damaged

1.	26 June 1941	Near North Coates	Spitfire IA K4477	Messerschmitt Bf 109	RAF Fighter Command claimed nine; JG 2 lost five and two pilots killed. Johnson witnessed the pilot bail out.

4 July 1941	Gravelines	Spitfire IIA P7837	Messerschmitt Bf 109 damaged

2.	6 July 1941	South of Dunkirk	Spitfire IIA P7837	Messerschmitt Bf 109	RAF Fighter Command claimed 11; JG 26 reported two Bf 109s damaged.

3.	14 July 1941	Fauquembergues	Spitfire VB P8707	Messerschmitt Bf 109	Unteroffizier Robert Klienike, III./JG 26, missing. According to the War Diary of JG 26, Klienike was confirmed to have been killed.

21 July 1941	Merville, Nord	Spitfire IIA P7837	Messerschmitt Bf 109 half-share "probable".	JG 26 claimed six for two losses—Heinrich Gleixner of II./JG 26. JG claimed five for one loss.

23 July 1941	10 miles inland from Boulogne	Spitfire IIA P7837	Messerschmitt Bf 109 damaged

4.	9 August 1941	Over Béthune	Spitfire VB W3334	Messerschmitt Bf 109 half-share Bf 109 destroyed	RAF Fighter Command claimed 18; JG 26 lost two fighters. JG 2 losses unknown.

21 August 1941	10 miles east Le Touquet	Spitfire VB W3457	Messerschmitt Bf 109 "probable"

4 September 1941	Le Touquet	Spitfire VB W3432	Messerschmitt Bf 109 half-share "probable"	Fighter Command lost seven Spitfires and three damaged. JG 26 claimed 9 and JG 2 filed three claims.

5–6.	21 September 1941	Near Le Touquet	Spitfire VB W3428	Two Messerschmitt Bf 109s	According to the German diary JG 26 lost Leutnant Ulrich Dzialas shot down from 8./JG 26. JG 2 losses are unknown.

15 April 1942	Le Touquet	Spitfire VB BM121	Focke-Wulf Fw 190 damaged

7.	19 August 1942	Dieppe	Spitfire VB EP215 "DW-B"	Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Fw 190 a half-share damaged third-share Bf 109F destroyed	Claimed during patrol from 07:40 – 09:10, it is likely his opponents were from I./JG 26 which landed at 09:30. Of the six pilot losses JG 26 suffered, times are unknown for three.

20 August 1942	Off French Coast	Spitfire VB EP215	Focke-Wulf Fw 190 "probable"

13 February 1943	Near Boulogne	Spitfire IX EP121	Focke-Wulf Fw 190 "probable"	Part of 'Rodeo 168' flown by 11 Group; Four Spitfires lost in total. 610 Sqn lost one Spitfire in combat with 7.JG 2.

8.	3 April 1943	Montreuil, Pas-de-Calais	Spitfire IX EN398	Focke-Wulf Fw 190	First operation as Kenley Wing Leader, part of 'Ramrod 49' to bomb Abbeville airfield. Fw 190A-4 (Werknummer 2440) "Brown 5" of Unteroffizier Hans Hiess, 6./JG 26 (6 Staffel or Squadron) killed.

5 April 1943	Ostend-Ghent area	Spitfire IX EN398	Three Focke-Wulf Fw 190 damaged	B-17 escort. Combat probably versus I./JG 2 and/or II./JG 1.

9.	11 May 1943	Gravelines	Spitfire IX EN398	Focke-Wulf Fw 190	Circus 29 to the rail-yards at Outreau, escorting six No. 180 Squadron RAF B-25 Mitchell II bombers.

10.	13 May 1943	Berck-Le Touquet	Spitfire IX EN398	Focke-Wulf Fw 190 third-shared Fw 190 destroyed	Fighter Command claimed 10. JG 26 lost 2.

11.	14 May 1943	Near Nieuwpoort.	Spitfire IX EN398	Focke-Wulf Fw 190	Ramrod 71 escorting 88 B-17s. Opponents were from JG 1 and JG 26.

1 June 1943	Baie de Somme	Spitfire IX EN398	Half-share Messerschmitt Bf 109 destroyed	Shared with F/O Bowen of No 403 Sqn. Running dogfight involving over 80 fighters versus I./JG 27 and II./JG 26 between Abbeville-St.

12–13.	15 June 1943	Yvetot	Spitfire IX EN398	Two Focke-Wulf Fw 190s	The Kenley Wing claimed three; I./JG 2 lost two Fw 190s; one was Unteroffizier Karl Heinz Kürth, wounded and force landed his Fw 190A-5 (Werknummer 2355) on Bernay airfield.

14.	17 June 1943	Ypres-Saint-Omer	Spitfire IX EN398	Focke-Wulf Fw 190	Fw 190A-5 (Werknummer 7308) "Black 9" of Unteroffizier Gunther Freitag, 8./JG 26. Crashed and killed at Steenvorde, Ypres, Flanders.

15.	24 June 1943	Fécamp-Valmont, Seine-Maritime	Spitfire IX EN398	Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Fw 190 damaged	Victim probably from Jafu 3's I./JG 2.

16.	27 June 1943	St Omer	Spitfire IX EN398	Focke-Wulf Fw 190	Freelance sweep over St. Omer by Hornchurch and Kenley Wings.

17.	15 July 1943	Senarpont	Spitfire IX EN398	Messerschmitt Bf 109	Johnson spotted a lone pair of Bf 109s, shooting down one. Possibly versus I./JG 27.

18.	25 July 1943	Schipol	Spitfire IX EN398	Messerschmitt Bf 109	Victim probably from III./JG 54. The pilot was reported killed but the victim's identity is unknown.

29 July 1943	Amsterdam	Spitfire IX EN398	Messerschmitt Bf 109 damaged

30 July 1943	Axel Schipol	Spitfire IX EN398	Half-share Messerschmitt Bf 109 destroyed	'Ramrod 23' to Schipol.

12 August 1943	Spitfire IX EN398	Half-share Messerschmitt Bf 109 destroyed half-share Bf 109 damaged	Versus 11 'staffel, JG 26. The War Diary records no losses.

17 August 1943	Ghent	Spitfire IX EN398	Quarter-share Messerschmitt Bf 110 destroyed

19.	23 August 1943	Gosnay	Spitfire IX EN398	Focke-Wulf Fw 190	Oberfeldwebel (First-Sergeant) Erich Borounik 10./JG 26 Killed in Fw 190A-5 "Black 12". The victory was recorded on Johnson's gun camera film.

20.	26 August 1943	Rouen	Spitfire IX MA573	Focke-Wulf Fw 190	JG 26 War Diary has no entry for this date.

21.	4 September 1943	Roubaix	Spitfire IX MA573	Focke-Wulf Fw 190	A Fw 190A-5 (Werknummer 57287) of Oberfeldwebel Walter Grünlinger, a 7-victory ace with 10./JG 26, killed.

5 September 1943	Daynze area	Spitfire IX EN938	Messerschmitt Bf 109 damaged

22–23.	25 April 1944	Laon	Spitfire IXB MK392	Two Focke-Wulf Fw 190s	Two victories witnessed by Pilot Officer Gomez and Flying Officer Stephens. Both saw the Fw 190s crash.

24.	5 May 1944	Douai	Spitfire IXB MK392	Focke-Wulf Fw 190	Among Johnson's opponents were III./JG 26. Feldwebel Horst Schwentick, in Fw 190A-8 (Werknummer 170116) "White 10", and Unteroffizier Manfred Talkenberg, who were both killed.

25.	16 June 1944	Villers-Bocage, Somme	Spitfire IXB MK392	Focke-Wulf Fw 190	Victory was recorded on gun camera film over an unidentified Fw 190.

26.	22 June 1944	Argentan	Spitfire IXB MK392	Messerschmitt Bf 109	Victory recorded on gun camera film over an unidentified Bf 109. 144 Wing claimed four destroyed.

27–28.	28 June 1944	Caen	Spitfire IXB MK392	Two Messerschmitt Bf 109s	Recorded on gun camera film over two unidentified Bf 109s 'fighter bombers' while leading No. 442 Sqn.

29.	30 June 1944	E Gace	Spitfire IXB NH380	Messerschmitt Bf 109.

30–31.	5 July 1944	Alençon	Spitfire IXB NH380	Two Focke-Wulf Fw 190s	144 Wing claimed four downed. Johnson's victims likely belonged to I./Jagdgeschwader 11 (Fighter Wing 11).

20 July 1944	Argentan	Spitfire IXB MK392	Focke-Wulf Fw 190 damaged	Probably the Fw 190A-8 (Werknummer 172682) "Yellow 11" of Unteroffizier Otto Stuckenbrock of 6./JG 1. He baled out over Allied territory and was taken prisoner.

32–33.	23 August 1944	Senlis	Spitfire IXB NH382	Two Focke-Wulf Fw 190s	127 Wing claimed 12 destroyed (eight Fw 190s, four Bf 109s) for three losses. I./JG 2, I./JG 11 and II./JG 26 were flying in the Paris area at that time (13:35 hours) and lost 10 Fw 190s, while III./JG 27 lost three Bf 109s.

34.	27 September 1944	Rees on Rhine	Spitfire IXB NH382	Messerschmitt Bf 109	Probably belonging to JG 77. McLeod lost in combat with Siegfried Freytag.

Sentence(s)

Johnnie Johnson gained a probable victory against a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in February 1943.

final_sentence: Johnnie Johnson gained a probable victory against a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in February 1943.