 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mapapiro aisamboona ndege dzomuvengi kwegore rose rakasara. Musi wa1 January 1945 chete ndipo pakaoneka maGermany akawanda, panguva yeOperation Bodenplatte kuti atsigire kurwisa kwavo kwakanga kusisina kusimba muArdennes. Johnson akapupurira kurwiswa kweGermany panhandare yendege yechikamu chake paBrussels-Melsbroek. Akayeuka kuti vaGermany vairatidzika kuva vasina ruzivo rwokuzviwanira uye kupfura kwavo kwakanga kuri kunotyisa. Johnson akatungamirira Spitfire patrol kudzivisa mafungu maviri okurwisa ndege dzeGermany asi haana kurwisa ndege yomuvengi, sezvo pakanga pasina kurwisa kwakatevera. Kubvira pakupera kwaJanuary uye kusvika muna February, Johnson akaderedza nguva yaaifamba nendege. 