Joe Russell Johnson
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97073. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5311.
Awards: AM(3OLC), PH.
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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: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-802408
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Benefield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Lorraine American Cemetery, St Avold, France
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Tulsa, OK, USA | 14 November 1942 | |
Died |
Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany | 28 May 1944 | Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-97073. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5311. |
Born |
Muskogee, Oklahoma, USA | ||
Based |
Deenethorpe | 28 May 1944 | Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial | ||
Muskogee County, OK, USA |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/image/28636889?terms=42-97073
https://www.fold3.com/record/529887466-joe-r-johnson
https://www.fold3.com/record/84847390-joe-r-johnson
Mission 376: Battle Over the Reich, May 28, 1944 By Ivo de Jong
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56656737/joe-r-johnson
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5311 / MACR 5311, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=884 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database