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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Warren C
Date of birth
1920
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Missouri
Hometown
Cameron, Clinton County, Missouri

Military service

Service number
37224913
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
419th Bombardment Squadron,
301st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 4 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
25 February 1944
Place of death
Lessach, Austria

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
Plot Row Grave
K 39 36

Immediate family

Members
Milton Johnson (father)
Lulu R. (Heinz) Johnson (mother)
Betty J. Johnson (sister)
Thelma G. (Smith) Johnson (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30310
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Regensburg, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Messerschmitt aviation industry
MACR: 2597

More information

The aircraft was shot down by enemy fighters.

According to a crew member of another plane in de formation it was on fire from the engine to the rear of the plane.

Seven crew members survived and were taken prisoner, three were killed.

According to surviving crew members S/Sgt Johnson was severly wounded. They heard a moan over the intercom but because the plane was under constant attack, no one could leave his position to investigate.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Missouri Marriage Records, www.fold3.com, www.findagrave.com – Marshall and Mary McIntyre, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Feb.44.html, www.newspapers.com – The Cameron Sun Missouri 23 March 1944
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