Originally Posted by
JanotLapin
Various rumours circulated about Johnny Johnson , none of which may be true . One was that he sent a Beverley down to Kenya to fetch some top soil for his garden.
I heard he also used to 'reward' the Canberra crews as well, provided they brought back soil.
He bought an Armstrong Siddley as his duty-free car. Kept it in the garage most of the time and had it flown home with just 1600 miles on the clock. Customs were not in awe of the famous ace and charged him full duty as he had not used the car in the previous 12 months.
JEJ wasn't the only one though. The Flag Officer needed a new residence. To save money it was decided to use the concrete gun platform from WW2. A round house was duly built and so was special curved furniture to fit.