UPL 29823

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S/SGT George F. Johnson, Jr. receiving the Silver Star; "for gallantry in action, while serving as Tail Gunner of a B-24 airplane on a bombing mission over Germany, 9 April 1944."

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Units

A pathfinder B-24 Liberator (serial number 42-51681) of the 453rd Bomb Group flies in formation with a fellow Liberator of the 453rd and and a pathfinder Liberator of the 445th Bomb Group. Image via Alan Rowsell.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron 703rd Bomb Squadron 855th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 11111337
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner, Tail Gunner; original crew of "Tenovus" 41-29132

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tenovus
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron

Locations

Signal Squares on the airfield at Tibenham, B-24 Liberators of the 398th Bomb Group are visible in the background. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Tibenham Signal Squares.'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Tivetshall

Revisions

Date:
ContributorPeadee
ChangesChanges to caption
Sources

Daughter of S/SGT George F. Johnson, Jr.

Date:
ContributorPeadee
ChangesCreated entry with caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations
Sources

Daughter of George Johnson, Pamela Johnson Dvorsky