Nottingham Post published Nottingham Forest at 150: Flashback: ​War hero Johnny's Love...

In July 2006, Scotsman John Thompson Love finally got a personal word of thanks from the Royal family for his bravery during the Second World War. Back in 1945, he was at the controls of a glider during Operation Varsity, the Allied crossing of the Rhine, when he was shot down over the German town of Hamminkeln. Wounded in the leg, he was rescued by advancing American troops and evacuated back to England where he learned he had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. He expected an...