Later Life
From 1969 to 1979, Johnstone served as vice-chairman of the Territorial Auxiliary and Volunteer Reserve. He was also secretary of Glasgow Golf Club, and as head of the National Car Parks (NCP) and secretary of Denham Golf Club. From 1971 to 1994 he was Deputy Lieutenant for Glasgow.
He became a successful author and resided near Ipswich in Suffolk. Johnstone was an accomplished author, writing six books:
- 'One Man's War' (1964)
- 'Where no Angels Dwell' ISBN 978-0859970082 (1969)
- 'Enemy in the Sky: My 1940 Diary' ISBN 978-0718304744 (1976)
- 'Adventure in the Sky' ISBN 978-0718301668 (1978)
- 'Spitfire into War' ISBN 978-0718305949 (1986)
- 'Diary of an Aviator' (1993)
Johnstone married Margaret Croll in 1940. They had a son, Ian Johnstone, an Army officer, and two daughters.
Sandy Johnstone died on 13 December 2000, aged 84.
Read more about this topic: Sandy Johnstone
Famous quotes containing the word life:
“We have had many harbingers and forerunners; but of a purely spiritual life, history has afforded no example. I mean we have yet no man who has leaned entirely on his character, and eaten angels’ food; who, trusting to his sentiments, found life made of miracles; who, working for universal aims, found himself fed, he knew not how; clothed, sheltered, and weaponed, he knew not how, and yet it was done by his own hands.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“After all, life hasn’t much to offer except youth and I suppose for older people the love of youth in others.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)