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Robert S. Johnson


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The man who enters combat encased in solid armor plate, but lacking the essential of self-confidence, is far more exposed and naked to death than the individual who subjects himself to battle shorn of any protection but his own skill, his own belief in himself and in his wingman. Righteousness is necessary for one’s peace of mind, perhaps, but it is a poor substitute for agility … and a resolution to meet the enemy under any conditions and against any odds.

Major Robert S. Johnson, USAAF

The hours I spent more than thirty thousand feet in the bitterly cold air over that alien land were the most productive of self-study. Nothing makes a man more aware of his capabilities and of his intrinsic limitations than those moments when he must push aside all the familiar defenses of ego and vanity, and accept reality by staring, with the fear that is normal to a man in combat, into the face of Death.

Major Robert S. Johnson, USAAF

Thunderbolt!: The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace, 1958.

Thunderbolt!

Everything I had ever learned about air fighting taught me that the man who is aggressive, who pushes a fight, is the pilot who is successful in combat and who has the best opportunity for surviving battle and coming home.

Major Robert S. Johnson, USAAF

27 combat victories in WWII. Thunderbolt!: The Extraordinary Story of a World War II Ace, 1958.

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