Charles E Johnston

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Crew abandoned B-17G #42-38022 'Jeanne' after fighter attacks on a mission to Klein Machnow, Berlin on 6 Mar 1944. A/c crashed W of Cloppenburg, GR. Killed in Action (KIA).

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Units served with

A bomber crew of the 94th Bomb Group stand with their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30200) nicknamed "Slo Time Sally" and a bomb inscribed 'Special delivery to Hitler'. Inscription on bomb reads: 'Special delivery to Hitler, From Peggy of St. Louis.'

94th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-38022

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Jeanne
  • Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

6 March 1944

Born

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Buried

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

Germany 6 March 1944

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2977 / MACR 2977, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database