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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Sidney A
Date of birth
15 March 1921
Age
23
Place of birth
Sonoma County, California
Hometown
Sebastopol, Sonoma County, California

Military service

Service number
39098477
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
732nd Bombardment Squadron,
453rd Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
8 April 1944
Place of death
Near Wistedt, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Tom A. Johnson (father)

Plane data

Serial number
42-52185
Data
Type: B-24H
Nickname: Little Joe
Destination: Brunswick, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the MIAG-Petritor aviation industry
MACR: 3926

More information

S/Sgt Sidney Johnson graduated from Analy high School.

He enlisted in San Francisco, California on 4 August 1942.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fighters. The entire crew of ten was killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - California Birth Index, www.8thafhs.com, www.newspapers.com - The Petaluma Argus-Courier
Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Sonoma West Times and News - 8 December 1944, Kathy C. Kaminski, niece of Francis E. Callahan