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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Guy Curtis
Date of birth
1910
Age
unknown
Place of birth
Kentucky
Hometown
Laurel County, Kentucky

Military service

Service number
06987031
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Tail Gunner
Unit
323rd Bombardment Squadron,
91st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
1 May 1944
Place of death
Raversijde Airfield, 5 km southwest of Oostende, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
E 3 27

Immediate family

Members
Lee B. Johnson (father)
Alice J. (Wyrich) Johnson (mother)
Ronald G. Johnson (brother)
Harriet L. Johnson (sister)
Leonard W. Johnson (brother)
Brawner G. Johnson (brother)
William M. Johnson (brother)
Mariah E. Johnson (sister)
James W. Johnson (brother)
Casper C. Johnson (brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-102392
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Troyes, France
Mission: Bombardment
MACR: 4465

More information

The airplane received a direct hit by flak in the cockpit. Fire was seen in the cockpit and the nose. Flames were seen coming out of the top-turret, the cockpit and nose windows. The aircraft headed straight down into the clouds. No parachutes were seen to leave the aircraft. Two crewmembers bailed out and were taken POW. The crew was initially buried at the British cemetery Coxyde. Stanton was buried at grave 169.

Source of information: Astrid van Erp, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, 91stbombgroup.com, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, www.ancestry.com - Mrs. Earnestine Hammons