Elwood F Johnson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed in Action (KIA). Had mid air and crashed 22 km south of Dresden, Germany, in B-17 #448903.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 92nd Bomb Group.

92nd Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

44-8903

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 327th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

17 April 1945

Born

Manor, Texas, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

01744 Dippoldiswalde, Deutschland 17 April 1945

Buried

Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery SECTION 82 SITE 30D. In addition to Johnson's own name, the headstone also bears the names of two airmen from the plane Johnson's collided with.

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Findagrave

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MACR, Findagrave, German local historian

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 14052 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database