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Personal info

Full name
JOHNSON, Alfred Aloysious
Date of birth
27 December 1922
Age
20
Place of birth
Brooklyn, Kings County, New York City, New York
Hometown
Queens, Queens County, New York

Military service

Service number
12127068
Rank
Staff Sergeant
Function
Right Waist Gunner
Unit
532nd Bombardment Squadron,
381st Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
8 October 1943
Place of death
Hagewede-Brockum, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 19 12

Immediate family

Members
Alfred E. Johnson (father)
Margaret E. (Horan) Johnson (mother)
Edward I. Johnson (brother)
Eleanor Johnson (sister)
Josephine (Bryant) Johnson (step-mother)
James B. Munson (step-brother)
Wallace W. Munson (step-brother)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30009
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Feather Merchant
Destination: Bremen, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boats yards
MACR: 1397

More information

Alfred A Johnson was a locomotive fireman.

He volunteered for the Air Corps of the Army of the United States in New York City, New York on 21 August 1942.

The airplane was shot down by enemy fighters. According to the statement of a surviving crew member, he helped S/Sgt Johnson putting on his parachute and he tried to make him bail out bur he refused.

Eight crew members survived and were taken prisoner, two were killed and were initially buried at the Mermorial Cemetery for Enemy Dead at Quernheim on 9 October 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Kathy McDermott, WWIIMemorial.com, NARA, www.fold3.com - MACR, ancestry.com - 1930 census / 1940 census / Headstone and Interment Record, / WWII Draft Registration 1940-1947 / 1925 New York State Census / New York Marriage Index, The Tablet - 11 novemrber 1944

Photo source: www.findagrave.com