Robert T Johnson

Military

Shot down 10 June 1944 in B-24 #4440107.



Bailed out and picked up by French Underground, he attempted to reach Spain with the help of the Maquee but was captured in Paris when sold out by collaborators. He was one of a number of captured airmen held in Buchenwald until transferred to a Stalag Luft 3, Sagan, as a military prisoner. Ahead of the Russian advance he was moved to Stalag 13 Nuremburg, ending in Stalag 7 Moosburg where he was liberated by advancing American forces. He and several companions made it to Paris from Bavaria by VE-day using a commandeered German vehicle where as he reported that "he completed his 21st mission".



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 448th Bomb Group.

448th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

44-40107

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 448th Bomb Group 714th Bomb Squadron

Places

Buchenwald

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Konzentrationslager Buchenwald

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

10 October 1920

Died

Prisoner of War (POW)

27 November 2005 - 10 June 1944 Survived by two sons and his wife Esther.

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Capitalized the words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

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ContributorFlatflap
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From his Son as recounted to me and notes from his mission notebook.

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5630 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database