Kenneth Alfred Johnson
Military
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UPL 56690
1st Kenneth A. Johnson. 447BG.
USAAF Photo
Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission #21 to Brux in B-17 42-107072 'The Morningstar' 12-May-44; shot down Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 4774
Awards: AM (3OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME (2 x Battle Stars).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19000259
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 447th Bomb Group 710th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA | 27 March 1918 | Son of Karen Johnson. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Zagan, Poland | 12 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft III. |
Died |
25 July 2009 | Kenneth A. Johnson, 91, died Saturday, July 25, 2009. Mr. Johnson was born in River Falls, MN, and moved to The Villages from Jonesboro, GA, in 1999. He was retired from the Air Force with the rank of lieutenant colonel; a former prisoner of war; and worked in the private sector, retiring in 1984. Survivors include his wife, Wanda; two nieces; and several great-nieces and nephews. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 5, at the Chapel at Cornerstone Hospice, The Villages, with Chaplain Joe Walker officiating. Internment will be at Fort Snelling National Cemetery, St. Paul, MN, with full military honors. | |
Buried |
Fort Snelling National Cemetery | 5 August 2009 | Fort Snelling National Cemetery Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota |
Based Prisoner of War (POW) |
Rattlesden | 12 May 1944 | Assigned to 710BS, 447BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4774 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database