Squadron Leader
John 'Johnnie' Arthur Houlton DFC
![Johnnie with ML407](images/banner.jpg)
RNZAF Training Wing - 1941
Levin, New Zealand
Johnnie Houlton is front row, 3rd from right
Wings Photo - 1941
RNZAF Woodbourne, New Zealand
Johnnie Houlton is back row, 3rd from right
No. 18b Course - 1941
RNZAF Woodbourne, New Zealand
NZ High Commissioner's visit, 1943
RAF Biggin Hill,Bromley, UK
With his best friend from early in his training,
F/O Corran Ashworth
(visiting during his R & R), 1943
RAF Hornchurch, Essex, UK
485 Squadron, 1943
RAF Hornchurch, Essex, UK
Johnnie Houlton is 2nd from left
485 Squadron pilots that flew
in North Africa, 1943
RAF Hornchurch, Essex, UK
From left: Corran Ashworth (visiting),
Johnnie Houlton, Ian Strachan, Jack Yeatman,
Al Stead
Johnnie Houlton with his ground crew.
June 1944 - shortly after shooting down an Me 109 over Omaha Beach
Selsey, West Sussex, UK
Nick Grace, Johnnie Houlton, and Gaby Seydel with ML407
July 22 1985
St Just Aerodrome, Cornwall, UK
Spitfire Mk IXB ML407 OU-V
- now known as 'The Grace Spitfire'
9 July 2003