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JOHNSON, James F - Date of
birth
6 July 1917 -
Age
26 - Place of
birth
Scotts Bluff, Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska -
Hometown
Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
17055179 -
Rank
Technical Sergeant -
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner -
Unit
579th Bombardment Squadron,
392nd Bombardment Group, Heavy
-
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
4 January 1944 - Place of
death
Quickhorner Woods, near Doerpum 5 miles nort of Bredstedt, Flensburg, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| C | 20 | 21 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Roy Johnson (father)
Maita Johnson (mother)
Martha Johnson (sister)
Freda Johnson (wife)
Virginia K. Johnson (daughter)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-52083 -
Data
Type: B-24
Nickname: Out House Mouse
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the port
MACR: 1911
More information
T/Sgt James F. Johnson enlisted in August 1942. He sent overseas in September 1943.No specific eyewitness accounts were given on the loss of this aircraft and crew. The accompanying German reports in the MACR record give what facts are available. These enemy recaps contained in report #KU621 note that this plane was crashed at 1255 hours 15 miles north of Eusum, and was identified as a B-24 with a capital letter D underneath a number 252083 in yellow writing and below a yellow H-Bar in capital letters within a yellow line horizontally, that the ship was 100% destroyed, probably by a fighter and 10 crewmen were found dead with 5 of these identified as unknowns.
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.B24.net, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov
Photo source: www.findagrave.com