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media-16115.jpeg UPL 16115 1st Lt Charles R Johnston

photo from Dad's camera sent to my Mother in 1943

Object Number - UPL 16115 - 1st Lt Charles R Johnston

Delivered Cheyenne 12/12/43; Gt Falls 20/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; Presque Is 20/2/44; Assigned 548BS/385BG [GX-M] Gt Ashfield 25/2/44; Missing in Action Berlin 29/4/44 with Charles R. Johnston killed in Action, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Joe Parker killed by hostile civilians (2 Killed in Action); Co-pilot: Owen Walton, Navigator: Dick Glaser, Bombardier: Bill Moffitt, Radio Operator: Jim McLelland, Ball turret gunner: Jesse Collinson, Waist gunner: Will Domer, Waist gunner: Vencil Owens,Tail gunner: Harvey Watts (8 Prisoner of War); enemy aircraft, crashed Gleidingen, five miles S of Brunswick, Ger. Missing Air Crew Report 4456.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 385th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 32761676
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 35382557
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
William Fife
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17096706 / O-693026
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-811623
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Navigator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 385th Bomb Group 548th Bomb Squadron 549th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-802402
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Germany 29 April 1944

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personal change to Chas to Charles R. Johnston

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error in Dick Glaser info Dick NOT NIck

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IDPF on 1st Lt Charles R Johnston

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IDPF on 1st Lt Charles R Johnston

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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 4456 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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