Ralph A Johnson

Military
media-26643.jpeg UPL 26643 56th Fighter Group Captains Ralph Johnson and Walker "Bud" Mahurin after returning to their base and finding packages from home. Official caption on back: "PACKAGES FROM HOME—Two Fighter Pilots of the Eighth Air Force Fighter Command return to their base, somewhere in England, and are delighted to see that the mail is in and each has a couple of packages from home. Left to right, they are pilots: Capt. Ralph Johnson and Capt. Walker Mahurin. Capt. Mahurin is Fighter Commands leading ace with 14 kills to his credit." 27 January 1944.

Fixed squadron association. Previously it had been the 363rd Squad. which is wrong.

Object Number - UPL 26643 - 56th Fighter Group Captains Ralph Johnson and Walker "Bud" Mahurin after returning to their base and finding packages from home. Official caption on...

RTD Ditched in North Sea in P-47 on 26 Jun 43/ see story in 'My War' by Andy Rooney on page 137.



Legion of Merit, DFC,POW,Air medal

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Event Location Date Description

Born

Pikeville, Kentucky 19 June 1919

Died

6 December 2011

Buried

Andersonville National Cemetery, Georgia

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Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum Membership List, July 2000, Losses of the 8th and 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey p. 167

Ralph A Johnson: Gallery (2 items)

Men of the 56th Fighter Group gather outside a hangar at Horsham St. Faith air base to listen to radio reports of Lieutenant Ralph A. Johnson's dramatic bail out from his P-47 Thunderbolt over the North Sea, 26 June 1943. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'Men listening to radio as Lt. Ralph Johnson bails out of damaged P-47.'

Object number: FRE 180 - Men of the 56th Fighter Group gather outside a...

Object number: UPL 26643 - 56th Fighter Group Captains Ralph Johnson and...