Robert H Johnson

Military
media-7444.jpeg UPL 7444 Captain Robert H. Johnson
785th BS - Operations Officer
Pilot - Crew #464
also served with the 801st BG 466th Bomb Group collection

466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 7444 - Captain Robert H. Johnson 785th BS - Operations Officer Pilot - Crew #464 also served with the 801st BG

Deployed to England with the 466th BG as the Operations Officer for the 785th BS. He then served a stint with the 801st BG "Carpetbaggers" before returning to Attlebridge and the 466th BG where he was assigned to group HQ as Plans and Training Officer. He flew several missions as a command pilot before approaching the group commander with the idea of forming his own crew. He did so by recruiting other squadron and group level officers and enlisted from the spare pool and formed a very experienced lead crew in the 784th BS, Crew #464.

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1st Combat Mission

Berlin, Germany 22 March 1944 Deputy Group Lead Pilot "It was an eventful but in some ways, routine, flight. We encountered no fighters but did meet heavy AA fire at the IP and on to Berlin. We lot two planes hit at the IP.

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Brunswick, Germany 8 April 1944 "I was flying as squadron lead. We were hit at the IP by a squadron of German fighters and were under fire for more than an hour. I can still recall the planes in the preceding squadron going down, on fire, and crew bailing out. One fighter headed directly towards us, and it seemed a long time before he reached us. He wings seemed on fire as his guns opened up and I recall thinking "he's aiming directly at me, with no lead...his bullets will go behind me!"

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Lechfeld, Germany 13 April 1944 Deputy Command Pilot - 96th BW "Things went well for a while, but the lead plane suffered damage en route, losing much of it's oxygen system. As we started the turn at the IP, Colonel Pierce called for me to take over, as he would have to abort. He left the formation, but part of the formation missed the call and started to go with him. I flattened out our turn and managed to keep most of the planes with me., but two ended up in Switzerland (only one 466th BG a/c was interned in Switzerland on this day - 466th BG Historian). Coming off the target I was joined by the rest of the 96th Wing and we returned to England without incident. - Robert H. Johnson
Cheyenne, WY, USA 221 West 9th Street
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Rock Springs, WY 82901, USA

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Letter from R.H. Johnson to Chris Brassfield - 16 January 2004

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466th BG Archives

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466th BG Historian

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Attlebridge Arsenal - Brassfield & Wassom

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 347

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