Background
He was born in Tooting, London, England, the son of Edward Henderson and Stella Johnstone (née Fraser).
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First World War Johnstone joined the Royal Naval Air Service on his 18th birthday, 6 May 1917. After training with Number. 12 Naval Squadron as a temporary probationary flight officer, he was commissioned as a temporary flight sub-lieutenant on 19 August 1917.
He was assigned to fly Sopwith Camels in Number.
8 Naval Squadron (which later became Number 208 Squadron Royal Air Force). He scored his first triumph on 6 December 1917, followed by 16 more over the next eight months.
Johnstone was transferred to the unemployed list of the Royal Air Force on 11 April 1919. Inter-war life and family During the 1920s Johnstone travelled throughout Asia, while working for Johnnie Walker.
Second World War During the Second World War Johnstone returned to the Royal Navy, serving as a lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve from December 1939.
By August 1943 he had been appointed an acting-commander, and by July 1945 was a temporary acting captain, posted to HMS Vulture, the Royal Naval Air Station at Saint Merryn, Cornwall. Johnstone died in 1946.
Achievements
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Distinguished Service Cross Flight Sub-Lieutenant Edward Grahame Johnstone, Royal Naval Air Service. "Foreign the pluck and determination shown by him in engaging enemy aircraft. On the 19th January, 1918, he attacked five Albatross scouts, and engaged one, nose on, opening fire at 75 yards range. The enemy aircraft turned on its side and spun. He followed, and engaged again at 30 yards range. The enemy aircraft went down completely out of control. Later in the day, in a general engagement with fourteen Albatross scouts, he followed one down to 8,000 feet, firing all the time. This is confirmed by other pilots of the patrol to have fallen completely out of control. On several other occasions he has destroyed enemy machines or brought them down completely out of control.".
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