Roger E Johnson

Military
media-56151.jpeg UPL 56151 Quakenbush crew.

Rear L-R: F Navarra, Kenneth Hopkins, Harold Snater, Theodore Wright, George Schumacher, Harvey Prater.

Front L-R: Max Quakenbush, Roger Johnson, Daniel Bryant, Amerigo Bassi.

B-17F Jenny Lee would appear to be a training aircraft stateside.

USAAF Photo

Object Number - UPL 56151 - Quakenbush crew. Rear L-R: F Navarra, Kenneth Hopkins, Harold Snater, Theodore Wright, George Schumacher, Harvey Prater. Front L-R: Max...

Landed long at Alconbury on an admin flight from Framlingham on 3-Mar-44 in B-17 42-37891. RTD.

B-17 42-30713 'Phyllis Marie' fell out of formation and was attacked by fighters and forced to make an emergency landing S of Cottbus, GR on the return from a mission to Erkner, Berlin on 6-Mar-44. Prisoner of War (POW). 

Awards: POW, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 390th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17064882 / O-804504
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

Staff-Sergeant Louis Kiss, a tail gunner of the 390th Bomb Group in position inside bis B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30713) nicknamed "Phyllis Marie". First handwritten caption on reverse: 'S. Sgt Louis Kiss.' Second handwritten caption on reverse: '8-10-43.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Phyllis Marie
  • Unit: 390th Bomb Group 568th Bomb Squadron

Places

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Rio, Wisconsin, USA 1 January 1915 BornRio, Wisconsin

Enlisted

Milwaukee, Wisconsin 31 August 1940 EnlistedMilwaukee, Wisconsin

Prisoner of war

Prisoner of War (POW)

Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany 6 March 1944 - 1 May 1945 Prisoner of War (POW)Stalag Luft I

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2987 / MACR 2987, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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