Allan G Johnston
Military
Photo via his sister Helen at http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=853842
Object Number - UPL 37341 - 2nd Lt Allan G. Johnston (photo courtesy of the Johnston family - http://www.wwiimemorial.com/Registry/plaque.aspx?honoreeID=853842)
Allan Johnston was Navigator on B-17 #42-5057 which crashed into the Channel on 6 September 1943. Evaded. His Escape & Evasion Report E&E 212 is on-line at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5554852. See also http://bovinanyhistory.blogspot.com/2017/06/faces-of-bovina-adventures-…
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 734789
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35481625
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-733618
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39235038
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-799924
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Dry Martini & the Cocktail Kids 4th
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
Missions
![A B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Kicking Horse" of the 303rd Bomb Group takes off with a feathered engine. Handwritten caption on reverse: ''Kicking Horse' of 303BG. Received 7/7/1944.' On reverse: Daily Graphic [Stamp, ref. no. M4226L].](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-407628.jpg.webp?itok=SpfDIv0I)
- Date: 6 September 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
8 June 1920 | in Canada, the son of George I. and Margaret Johnston | |
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Enlisted |
2 July 1940 | as a Private in the Air Corps in Albany, New York | |
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Other bailed out |
6 September 1943 | over France, from B-17 42-5057 and landed near Blangy-sur-Bresle, south of Le Tréport, Seine Maritime, France | |
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Other evaded capture |
6 September 1943 - 12 November 1943 | with the help of French citizens and members of the Résistance. Was guided and hidden from Nesle to Eu, Hornoy-le-Bourg, Amiens, Paris and then to the South of France, crossing the Pyrénées mountains into Spain on 29 October 1943. Was led to Gibraltar where he arrived on 12 November. Flown from there to Portreath, England on 18 November 1943. | |
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Died |
29 October 1990 | Michigan | |
| Bovina, Delaware County, New York |
Revisions
MACR 1343. It's Allan G. JOHNSTON !...
NARA WWII Enlistment records
US CENSUS 1930
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 212 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5554852
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1343 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
