Willard Johnson
MilitaryAssigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) 7-Jun-44 mission in B-24 ; enemy intruder A/C followed bomber stream back to base, shooting down A/C. Crashed off base near Wetheringsett, Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM, 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Sweet Sioux
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: RAF Mendlesham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cordova, AL | 7 January 1921 | Son of Elijah L and Mar Anne [Rivers] Johnson. |
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Enlisted |
Birmingham, AL | 28 July 1942 | Birmingham Alabama |
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Died |
Wetheringsett, UK | 7 June 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) 7-Jun-44 mission in B-24 ; enemy intruder A/C followed bomber stream back to base, shooting down A/C. Crashed off base near Wetheringsett, Killed in Action (KIA) |
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Buried |
8 June 1944 | Interred Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK. Plot B Row 5 Grave 35 | |
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Based |
Mendlesham | 7 June 1944 | Assigned to 4BS, 34BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province, Rollof Honor