Walter John Johnson
Military
This crew flew the a/c from the USA to Tibenham AB England and completed 12 missions in the "Black Dog" until the a/c was reassigned to a different crew and renamed.
Name of crew
Standing from left to right: Sam Bichler, Melvin Gabbe, John Burke, Jerome Aronor, Virgil Perrin
Kneeling from left to right: Ed Roloff, Harold Hartman, Walter Johnson, George Goldman, John Vessels
Information was gathered from the Flight Diaries of both S/Sgt Walter Johnson (AG) and S/Sgt John Vessels (AE).
Object Number - UPL 52060 - B-24 "Black Dog" a/c # 42-7567. Assigned 700 Bomb Squadron, 445 Bomb Group. This crew flew the a/c from the USA to Tibenham AB England and completed...
From Erie Pennsylvania. Joined USArmy Air Corp in 1942. After flight training he was assigned to 700 Bomb Sqdn, 445 Bomber Group at Tibenham England Dec 16, 1943. Flew 30 Missions. Returned to USA and was Discharged in 1945.
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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
Missions
- Date: 16 December 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Tivetshall
Revisions
Walter Johnson's Discharge papers and commendation award certificates.
Birsic & Page 310 in the book SECOND AIR DIVISION by Turner Publishing Co 1998 edition, D790.A2S45 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
