Byron T Johnson

Military

E & E Report #2293 19 SEP 44 25 SEP 44S/Sergeant. Johnson, 15327725, on mission to oil storage at Frankfurt, went down at Prumm, SW. of Koblenz, Germany on 19 September 1944. Made a shirt, returned without help, crossing the Siegfried Line, South of Haverscheide. Evader.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 493rd Bomb Group.

493rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-38298

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 493rd Bomb Group 863rd Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

1 November 1998

Born

Barasota, Florida, USA

Buried

Spring Grove Cem #131

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 19 September 1944

Revisions

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Capitalized the words "Waist Gunner" in the "Role/job" field.

 

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Helton s Hellcats, A Pictorial History of the 493rd BG, pub 1998; AFEES; MACR 9494, http://493bgdebach.co.uk/roster_list.php / MACR 9494 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database