Dean C Johnson

Military

UPL 79319 UPL 79319 MACR for Dean C Johnson Page 6

National Archives

Object Number - UPL 79319 - MACR for Dean C Johnson Page 6

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Units served with

From left to right: Captain Walker L. Boone, Flight Officer Manuel S. Martinez and Flight Officer Gerry E. Brasher, pilots of the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group, sit on the bonnet of a jeep at Duxford air base. Passed for publication 28 October 1943. Printed caption on reverse: 'Thunderbolts - the "Guardian Angels" of Flying Fortresses. Here are pictures of Thunderbolts P-47s, the famous American fighter planes, which escort Flying Fortresses on their daylight missions over Occupied Europe. Pho

78th Fighter Group

Unit Hierarchy: Group
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

83rd Fighter Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Fighter

Aircraft

44-72214

Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
Unit: 78th Fighter Group 83rd Fighter Squadron

Events

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Evaded

12 March 1945

Born

Revisions

Date8 Mar 2024 10:10:56

Contributorclsspace

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National Archives

Date30 Aug 2017 10:23:22

Contributorgeneral ira snapsorter

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

Date27 Sep 2014 18:07:11

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / EAGLES OF DUXFORD, The 78th Fighter Group in WW2 by Fry, p133 / MACR 13416 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database