Robert Dean Johnson

Military

UPL 80345 UPL 80345 Crew #521
Robert D. Johnson Crew
466th BG - 785th BS
B-24H-30-FO #42-95466 "Madam Shoo Shoo" (this was the a/c they flew overseas. It was not assigned to the 466th BG)

Standing Left to Right: E.S. Stiteler (N), Thompson (B), Herman O. Graf (CP), Robert D. Johnson (P)

Kneeling Left to Right: J.W. Wooten (TG), Anthony D. Malorni (BTG), Stephen Fecho (FE), J.W. Lewis (NTG), R.D. Knight (WG), W. R. Tasker (R/O)

Completed a 31 mission tour 466th Bomb Group collection

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466th BG Historian

Object Number - UPL 80345 - Crew #521 Robert D. Johnson Crew 466th BG - 785th BS B-24H-30-FO #42-95466 "Madam Shoo Shoo" (this was the a/c they flew overseas. It was not...

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Units served with

466th Bomb Group

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

785th Bomb Squadron

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

People

Stephen Fecho

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 32540511
Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
Role/Job: Flight Engineer

Herman Otto Graf

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Co-Pilot

J W Lewis

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 18163224
Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
Role/Job: Nose Gunner

Anthony Dominic Malorni

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Service Numbers: 35595398
Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner

Earl LaVergne Stiteler

Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
Nationality: American
Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron
Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
Role/Job: Navigator

Aircraft

42-95268

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Penthouse for Ten
Unit: 466th Bomb Group 785th Bomb Squadron

42-95466

Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
Nicknames: Madam Shoo-Shoo

Missions

557

Date: 16 August 1944

8th Air Force 554

Date: 15 August 1944

548

Date: 13 August 1944

530

Date: 8 August 1944

B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 305th Bomb Group fly in formation.

514

Date: 4 August 1944

Places

Attlebridge

Site type: Airfield
Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120

Cluntoe

Site type: Airfield

First Lieutenant Richard Steck of the 392nd Bomb Group instructs his crew and 10 passengers before a flight from Wales in a B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-95151) nicknamed "Monotonous Maggie".

Image via BL Davies.

Image stamped on reverse: 'Official USAAF Photograph By AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND.' [stamp]

Printed caption on reverse: 'June 1945. ATC Euro Pro Release No. G-128 AIR TRANSPORT COMMAND SPEEDS US EIGHTH AAF ON ITS WAY: Flying Air Transport Command routes and using ATC facilities, the U

Valley

Site type: Airfield

Events

Event	Location	Date	Description
Born	Toledo, OH	10 December 1919
Other Transit to ETO via Southern Route	Belem, Brazil	12 April 1944	Flew to Belem from British Guiana.
Other Transit to ETO via Southern Route	Fortaleza, Brazil	13 April 1944	Flew to Fortaleza from Belem. 5 hours flight time
Other Transit to ETO via Southern Route	Dakar, French West Africa (now Senegal)	17 April 1944	Flew across the Atlantic to Dakar. 12 hours 20 minutes flight time.
Other Transit to ETO via Southern Route	Marrakesh, Morroco	18 April 1944	Flew to Marrakesh from Dakar. 6 hours flight time
Other Transit to ETO via Southern Route	RAF Valley, Wales, UK	21 April 1944	Flew to RAF Valley from Marrakesh. 11 hours flight time. Aircraft #42-95466 which they had picked up new and brought to England was taken from them at RAF Valley.
Other Theatre Crew Training	RAF Cluntoe	29 April 1944 - 7 May 1944	No.4 Combat Crew Replacement Center
Other Assigned to the 466th BG	RAF Attlebridge	16 May 1944
Other 466th BG Combat Tour	RAF Attlebridge	25 May 1944 - 10 September 1944	Completed a 35 mission tour
Died	Sylvania, OH	30 June 1994
Buried/ Commemorated	Toledo, OH	2 July 1994	Calvary Cemetery Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, USA
	Toledo, OH, USA		2304 Robinwood