James Harold Johnson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front. UPL 67432 UPL 67432 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 28 February 1944.
Standing L-R: Vincent J. McGovern (TG/OBS), James R. Martin-Vegue(N), Floyd C. Edwards (P), BG Robert Travis (AC), Anthony Palazzo (N), Vernon R. McKittrick (N)
Kneeling L-R: Unidentified, Chester H.Zink (FG), Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified.
To be identified: Hugh D. Hopper, Roger C. Smith, James H. Johnson Jr, Warren A. Folmar.

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545th Bomb Squadron 384th Bomb Group 8th Air Force 238 42-38112 Grafton Underwood James Ray Martin-Vegue Hugh David Hopper Roger C Smith James Harold Johnson Anthony Palazzo Chester H Zink Warren A Folmar Vernon R McKittrick Vincent J McGovern Floyd Clinton Edwards On

Object Number - UPL 67432 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 28 February 1944. Standing L-R: Vincent J. McGovern (TG/OBS), James R. Martin-Vegue(N), Floyd C. Edwards (P), BG...

Crash landed South of Mailly-le-Camp after being hit by flak on a mission to Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany on 16 Mar 1944 in B-17G #42-37801 'Dynamite Express'. Killed in Action (KIA). Missing Air Crew Report #3243

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-37801

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: The Duchess : Dynamite Express
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

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Died

16 March 1944

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Killed in Action

16 March 1944

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3243 / MACR 3243, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces,

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Eleven men in Air Force uniform posed in two rows in front of a military airplane. Six men standing to the rear and five men kneeling in front.

Object number: UPL 67432 - 384th Bomb Group Lead Crews / 28 February 1944...