Victor L Johnson
Military
"Iowans of the Mighty Eighth", Chapter 22 "Biographies", by Charles D Taylor.
Object Number - UPL 32078 - Sgt. Victor L. Johnson, 92nd Bomb Group
On his 14th mission from Podington the aircraft caught fire and they bailed out.(Prisoner of War (POW) Crashed at Krolsheim on 2/25/45 in B-17 Reba Jean #4339026) He was sent to Stalag 3A at Nuremburg '50-60 of us in double-bunked barracks with no heat'. They were marched westward as the Allies advanced and were liberated by Patton' s tanks. He afterwards worked at a tractor plant and then became a barber.
Air Medal 2 clusters.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Charles City, Iowa, USA | ||
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 25 February 1945 |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12719 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
