Howard S Johnston

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 858BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) training mission to France in B-24 44-49476; briefed route - St Valery, Orleans, Lyon, Reims, Le Touquet, London, return to base. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 12152



Awards: AM, PH.

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Units served with

A Swedish Soldier guards a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-40159) nicknamed "Boulder Buff" of the 492nd Bomb Group that has landed in Sweden.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group 858th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-812727
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 492nd Bomb Group

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Wilkinsburg, PA 23 February 1915 Son of Howard L and Florence E Johnston.

Enlisted

Pittsburg, PA 25 November 1940 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Died

English Channel 1 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) training mission to France in B-24 44-49476 MACR 12152

Buried

Tablets of the Missing Cambridge American Cemetery Coton, Cambs, UK

Based

North Pickenham 1 February 1945 Assigned to 858BS, 492BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

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