Byron Ray Johnson
MilitaryPrisoner of War (POW) crashed at Graft on 6 Feb 45 in B-24 #42110188
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18193744
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37558091
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant (2nd Grade)
- Role/Job: Flight Engineeer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35761330
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 784th Bomb Squadron 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 36692659
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 786th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16016615
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade)
- Role/Job: waist gunner
Aircraft
Missions
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kay, Oklahoma | 12 June 1918 | |
Other POW |
Zagan, Poland | 10 February 1945 | Stalag Luft III |
Died |
El Paso, Texas | 5 April 1982 | |
Buried |
Fort Bliss National Cemetery | 8 April 1982 | Fort Bliss National Cemetery El Paso, El Paso County, Texas, USA Add to Map Plot C, 0, 746 |
Other Shot Down/Captured |
Graft, 30419 Hannover, Germany | 6 February 1945 | John evaded capture for 12 days, making his way into Holland before being captured |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
466th BG Archives - Mission Report for 22 October 1944
NARA document research by Brad Sullivan
ContributorLucy May
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12220
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
MACR 12220 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database