Edward F Johnson
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Photo taken 15 September 2012, Gary Atkins
Object Number - UPL 15612 - A hand-lettered remembrance, inside the Parish Church of South Cove. It is incorrect, in that there are now only two crewmembers buried at...
Killed when B24J 42-51241 was apparently caught in propwash, and was thrown over on its back on the way back from mission 920. The crew did not have time to escape the aircraft before it started to break up, and it crashed close to St Lawrence, with all crew lost.
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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-24 Liberator
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 31 March 1945
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Tennessee, USA | 26 January 1926 | |
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Enlisted |
29 June 1944 | ||
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Died |
South Cove, Beccles, Suffolk NR34, UK | 31 March 1945 | |
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Buried/ Commemorated |
22 April 1949 | Arlington National Cemetery Arlington Arlington County Virginia, USA Plot: Sec: 15, Site: 75 Buried with 4 other crewmembers: Oliver Jones Wade Pitt Ray Stone Marvin Tucker |
Revisions
Find A Grave Memorial# 85812231
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photos and description of the crash: http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/ukcr3.htm
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / roster
