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Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 #41-24417 'Dixie Demo'. Plane ditched in North Sea. Returned to base.
Shot down 29 July 1943 in B-17 #42-5426 Fightin' Bitin'. Killed in Action (KIA) [according to Russell Strong, Hoyt survived].
Military | Staff Sergeant | Radio Operator | 306th Bomb Group The Reich Wreckers
According to a December 2004 posting by his nephew Robert Rushton, Arthur D. Johnson had been radio operator on #42-30730 earlier in 1943. He was shot down later, on 29 July 1943 in B-17 #42-5426 'Fightin' Bitin'. Prisoner of War (POW).
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Group
Constituted as 306th Bombardment Group (Heavy) on 28 Jan 1942. Activated on 1 Mar 1942. Trained for combat with B-17's. Moved to England, Aug-Sep 1942, and assigned to Eighth AF Eighth Air Force in September 1942 Station 111 Thurleigh. During combat,...
Squadron
Squadron
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned 92BG Bangor 14/7/42; 97BG 24/8/42; dam 21/10/42; BAD 24/10/42; 369BS/306BG [WW-M] Thurleigh /10/42; ditched North Sea, off Cromer, Nfk., 26/7/43 with Alphonse Maresh, Co-pilot: Bob Hoyt, Navigator: Jim Brown, Bombardier: Art Isaac, Flight...
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 6/12/42; Salina 7/1/43; Assigned 369BS/306BG [WW-X] Thurleigh 25/3/43; Missing in Action Kiel 28/7/43 with Don Winters, Navigator: Arnold Derifield, Bombardier: Levi Irwin, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Bob Moore, Radio Operator:...
Military site : airfield
Built for RAF use in 1941-42, Thurleigh was initially used by RAF Bomber Command before being handed over to the Eighth Air Force. Its runways and hardstandings were improved, and the B-17s of the 306th Bomb Group began using the base. It was their...
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | 5 January 1918 | |
| Killed in Action (KIA) | Germany | 29 July 1943 |
| Buried | Troy, Michigan, USA | |
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White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 20 March 2020 00:54:47 | jmoore43 | Changes to events |
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Added Born and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 187116402. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 19 March 2020 03:53:10 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:23:36 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor; MACR 123, Losses of the 8th & 9th AF Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 197-8, 205, First Over Germany pg. 145-47 |
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