William Theodore Johnson
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) 2 Jul 1944 in B-24H #42-52609.
Notes:
(1) B-24 42-52609 was not named 'Murph's Mighty Mob'.
(2) There was a 487th Bomb Group aircraft B-24H 42-52646, which was named 'Murph's Motley Mob'.
AM w/ Oak Leaf Cluster/ 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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Lavenham/Alpheton Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Tottenville, Staten Island, NY, USA | 9 April 1913 | |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
62130 Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France | 2 July 1944 - 2 July 1944 | His crew's aircraft, B-24H 42-52609, crashed 3.5 kilometers west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, France. (MACR 6770) |
Buried |
Plot D, Row 4, Grave 34 |
Revisions
Tottenville High School Yearbook—The Purple Parrot. Tottenville NY, 1931
U.S. Army Air Forces Missing Air Crew Report 6770
World War II Draft Registration of William Theodore Johnson. 1942
There is a full biography and list of sources on his Find A Grave page:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56646114/william-t-johnson
ABMC, MACR 6770 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6770 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database