Background
Johnson was the son of a Royal Navy officer who was killed when the ship he was commanding, HMS Cressy, was torpedoed in September 1914.
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Peter Johnson
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After s short spell at Dartmouth as a naval cadet he decided against a career in the Navy and became an accountant, but then emigrated to Australia and became a farmer. He returned to England in 1929 and joined the Royal Air Force in 1930, and trained as a fighter pilot. A keen sportsman, he played cricket, squash and real tennis for the Royal Air Force.
At the outbreak he was sent to Training Command as chief instructor since he was considered too old for active service, but he managed to get transferred to Number 5 Group, Bomber Command.
After the war he was asked by "Bomber" Harris to compile a report on the effect of the aerial bombardment of German cities.
In 1946 Johnson was an observer at the Nuremberg trials.
