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Real-life 鈥楾op Gun鈥� honoured on the side of a building in Loughborough

A real-life 鈥楾op Gun鈥� has been honoured on the side of a building in Loughborough.

Air Vice Marshal James Edgar 鈥楯ohnnie鈥� Johnson spitfire top gun and famous flying ace was born in Barrow-on-Soar in 1915.

He rose to the rank of Air Vice Marshall and became a legend for his heroic exploits during World War Two.

Loughborough's Ladybird Collective are behind the giant mural of the town鈥檚 most celebrated sons...

麻豆社 Radio Leicester's Ben Jackson Nick Hardy is from the Collective and John Weitzal is an archivist from Loughborough Schools Foundation

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