Howard S Johnston
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned 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
- 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: 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
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Cambridge American Military Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: North Pick
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. |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
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Sources
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia