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Pictured: Sergeant Frank Johnson. <br />
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The gallantry medals of one of Britain's greatest World War One aces have sold for £22,000.<br />
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Sergeant Frank Johnson clocked up 16 kills, the highest tally by a surviving non-commissioned officer fighter pilot during the Great War.<br />
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He regularly took on multiple German fighters at the same time, once unloading 100 rounds at his adversary from just 15 yards in a heart-stopping dogfight.

BNPS.co.uk (01202) 558833.
Pic: Noonans/BNPS

Pictured: Sergeant Frank Johnson.

The gallantry medals of one of Britain's greatest World War One aces have sold for £22,000.

Sergeant Frank Johnson clocked up 16 kills, the highest tally by a surviving non-commissioned officer fighter pilot during the Great War.

He regularly took on multiple German fighters at the same time, once unloading 100 rounds at his adversary from just 15 yards in a heart-stopping dogfight.