Lewis C Johnson

Military
media-26888.jpeg UPL 26888 Lewis C Johnson, 1943.

Family

Object Number - UPL 26888 - Lewis C Johnson, 1943.

Lewis Johnson served as a nose gunner and armorer for the 445th Bomb Group, flying missions out of Tibenham, England.

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Units served with

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

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Tail End Charlie
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 445th Bomb Group 702nd Bomb Squadron

Places

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

Events

Event Location Date Description
Southport, ME, USA

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From published book, based on interviews with the individual.
Source: Southport, The War Years, an Island Remembers. By Sarah Sherman Brewer.

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From published book, based on interviews with the individual.
Source: Southport, The War Years, an Island Remembers. By Sarah Sherman Brewer.
USAAC Records.

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From published book, based on interviews with the individual.
Source: Southport, The War Years, an Island Remembers. By Sarah Sherman Brewer.

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From published book, based on interviews with the individual.
Source: Southport, The War Years, an Island Remembers. By Sarah Sherman Brewer.

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Based on published interview of the individual.

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Birsic / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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