William Theodore Johnson

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Killed 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

The insignia of the 487th Bomb Group.

487th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-52609

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 487th Bomb Group 836th Bomb Squadron

Places

Officers of the 487th Bomb Group outside the 838th Bomb Squadron operations room.

Lavenham

  • 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

Date
ContributorPaulWebber
Changes
Sources

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

Date
ContributorPaulWebber
Changes
Sources

There is a full biography and list of sources on his Find A Grave page:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/56646114/william-t-johnson

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

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