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#	Name*	First Names	Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force	Command	Unit	DateofIncident *See Note	Aircraft	Type	Serial	Code	Victories (Fighters)	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
16351	Johnson	H L	Flight Sergeant	R/70600					RCAF	Bomber Command		1942-06-16	Stirling		N6088			Ossington			Crashed at Retford	Killed	Finningley St Oswald		Paradie Archive Database
16352	Johnson	Ross Eveleigh	Flying Officer	J/27232		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	438Sqn RCAF	1944-07-15	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A		B-10 Plumetot, France		Resupply in motor transport	Caught in artillery barrage while on ground	Killed	Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, Reviers. Grave XV.E.5		Read Archive Report		Paradie RCAF Database
16353	Johnson	Russell Edward	Flying Officer	J/87545			Pilot	DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	158Sqn	1944-08-11	Halifax	III	LW719	NP-K		RAF Lissett	0	Versailles	See archive report for further details	Safe - after crash landing	None - understood to have survived the war		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16354	Johnson	Wilfred Sydney	Flying Officer	J13060		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Coastal Command	422Sqn	1943-11-20	Sunderland	III	W6031	DG:G		RAF St. Angelo, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland	11:45	Convoy Patrol	See archive report for further details	MiA	Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel 174		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
16355	Johnson	J	WO II						RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1945-03-22	Lancaster	X	KB832	WL-F		Croft	1055	Hildesheim	Collided with 431 Sqn Lancaster KB811 SE-T at base destroyed after bomb load exploded				Paradie Archive Database
16356	Johnson	Ian Sinclair	Flying Officer	415300		New Zealand	Pilot		RNZAF	Bomber Command	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	1943-01-21	Wellington	III	BK432	AL:S		RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire	16:56	Gardening	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Terschelling (West-Terschelling) General Cemetery. Grave 92				Read Archive Report
16357	Johnson	Geoffrey Ralph	Sergeant	3050454			Air Gunner (Rear)		RAFVR	Bomber Command	158 Sqn	1944-10-25	Halifax	III	MZ734	NP:U		Lissett	12:42	Essen	Shot down by Flak near Kleve	PoW No. 9692, Stalag 357 /Stalag Luft 3A - Shot and died 13th April 1945	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery			On 13 April 1945 Sgt. Johnson was shot whilst attempting to escape from Stalag Luft 3A Luckenwalde with J88362 Fg Off Percy Crosswell (who died the following day) (Read Archive Report). The Russians liberated the camp a few days later. At around 23:00, during an air raid on Potsdam, three airmen, against the advice of the Escape Committee, attempted to escape through the wire on the north side of the camp: Fg Off. P.B. Crosswell RCAF, Sgt. Allan McNaught RCAF, and nineteen-year-old Flt Sgt. G.R. Johnson. They were seen and shots were fired. Sgt Allan MacNaught managed to get back to his billet undetected, but Johnson was killed immediately. Fg Off. Percy Crosswell did not die until 13:00 hrs on 14 April. A Canadian airman 'spoke to the German guard who shot Crosswell, a rather old fellow, and asked why he had done it with the war's end so close and the guard just burst into tears and said "Why did he try and escape? The war is over". The rumour was that Johnson had attacked a guard with a bottle, and had been shot as a result. One unsympathetic Wg Cdr. commented: 'Bloody fools.' (The Long Road by Oliver Clutton-Brock). Son of Eric Ralph and Ivy Johnson, of Crewe, Cheshire.
16358	Johnson	A H	Sergeant							Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1942-08-05	Wellington	III	X3360	VR-R		Mildenhall	2315	Essen	Crashed Bedburg	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
16359	Johnson	B W	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1942-04-14	Hampden	I	AT128	PT-G		Waddington	2130	Dortmund	Shot down near Neuss	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
16360	Johnson	R	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1942-04-12	Hampden	I	P1239	PT-Y		Waddington		Essen	?	Killed
16361	Johnson	G D	Sergeant							Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1942-06-23	Hampden	I	AD786	PT-L		Waddington	2325	Gardening	Crashed at Boothby Pagnell LINCS	Killed
16362	Johnson	K A	Sergeant							Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1942-04-14	Hampden	I	AT219	PT-C		Waddington	2138	Dortmund	Crashed North Hykeham LINCS	Killed
16363	Johnson	G D	Sergeant							Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1942-05-04	Hampden	I	P1187	PT-X		Waddington		Stuttgart	Crash landed at Great Bentley ESSEX
16364	Johnson	R S	Sergeant							Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-09-05	Halifax	V	LK636	ZL-H		Leeming	1940	Mannheim	?	Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery
16365	Johnson	E A	Flight Sergeant							Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-06-16	Halifax	V	DK140	ZL-Z				Training	Crashed trying to land at Leeming
16366	Johnson	A F	Sergeant	1332016						Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1943-04-16	Wellington	X	HE547	ZL-D		Croft	2115	Mannheim	Crashed at Kirf	PoW
16367	Johnson	F	Flight Sergeant	R/148521		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1944-01-20	Halifax	V	LK656	WL-C		Croft	1625	Berlin	Just as the a/c was releasing it's load of incendiaries at 19,000 feet it was hit twice by flak. The first hit towards the rear of the bomb bay and the second hit the fuselage near the wing root. The resulting damage was severe; the rudder control was sheared off, there was no oxygen supply or electrics from the rest position backwards, all the a/c aerials were missing and some of the electronics were destroyed. The a/c stayed in the air, the remainder of the bomb load was jettisoned although a number of remaining incendiaries caught fire in the bomb bay and filled the cockpit with smoke. This fire was later put out and the pilot made for home using only aileron controls to steer the a/c. The engines had not been damaged and there was no problem to the speed or height being lost. As the a/c reached the British coastline the intercom between the pilot and the wireless operator failed and soon after crossing the coast with the pilot beginning to loose control and out of fuel they abandoned the a/c somewhere in the Driffield area. There is a suggestion that the a/c continued on its own way for a period before crashing somewhere in the Flixton area to the west of Filey at 2359 hrs Some of the crew suffered heavy landings. (Aircraft Accidents in Yorkshire)	Injured - sustained head injuries
16368	Johnson	James Edgar 'Johnnie'		754750 (airman), 83267(officer)	1915-03-08		Pilot	CB CBE DSO & 2 Bars DFC & Bar Officer of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) Croix de Guerre (Belgium) Legion d'Honneur (France) DFC USA Air Medal USA Legion of Merit USA	RAF	Fighter Command	19Sqn 616Sqn 610Sqn 127 Wing RCAF 443Sqn RCAF						38					Survived war. Died 2001-01-30		Johnson at Bazenville Normandy July 1944 With 610Sqn		Battle of Britain (marginally) Top British Ace of War In 1940 Johnson had an operation to reset his collarbone which severly restricted his flying till 1941 when he and began flying regularly. He took part in the offensive sweeps over German-occupied Europe from 1941 to 1944, almost without rest. Johnson was involved in heavy aerial fighting during this period. His combat tour included participation in the Dieppe Raid, Combined Bomber Offensive, Battle of Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Bulge and the Western Allied invasion of Germany. Johnson progressed to the rank of Group Captain by the end of the war and Air Vice Marshal subsequently. Johnson was credited with 34 individual victories over enemy aircraft, as well as seven shared victories, three shared probable, 10 damaged, three shared damaged and one destroyed on the ground. Johnson flew 700 operational sorties and engaged enemy aircraft on 57 occasions. Included in his list of individual victories were 14 Messerschmitt Bf 109s and 20 Focke-Wulf Fw 190s destroyed making him the most successful RAF ace against the Fw 190. This score made him the highest scoring Western Allied fighter ace against the German Luftwaffe. See Archive Report
16369	Johnson	V H	Pilot Officer			Canadian	Observer		RCAF	Coastal Command	407 Sqn RCAF	1942-05-15	Hudson	V	AM626	RR:K		Bircham Newton	20:39	Strike Mission	Led the second formation of a strike force from 320 Sqn (9 aircraft) and 407 Sqn (12 aircraft) which was sortied to attack an east-bound convoy of German ships off the Dutch Frisian Islands. The a/c was hit in the cockpit, wings and tail damaging the Instruments and hydraulics. Force-landed at Docking.	Injured				Severely wounded in the feet. RAF General Hospital Ely
16370	Johnson	Kristinn Gudmundur	Pilot Officer	J/43938		Canadian	Bomb AImer		RCAF	SE Asia Command	159Sqn RAF	1945-02-09	Liberator	VI	KH255	NS-C		RAF Digri, India	09:06	Low level daylight bombing	Shot down by AAA fire	Killed	Taukkyan War Cemetery, Coll. grave 7A. E. 10-17. Myanmar (ex Burma).		Accident report
16371	Johnston	P	Warrant Officer	1365330					RAFVR	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1943-03-11	Halifax	II	DT745	LQ-V		Topcliffe	1906	Stuttgart	Crashed at Chalons sur Marne France	PoW No: 27718 Camp: 344	None - understood to have survived the war
16372	Johnston	H C	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	106Sqn	1942-09-16	Lancaster	I	W4178	ZN-		Coningsby	2020	Essen	Crashed off coast of Holland	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
16373	Johnston	R S	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-10-14	Lancaster	III	ND805	A4-J		Witchford	700	Duisburg		PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16374	Johnston	Norman Lachlan	Sergeant	R/56091			Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1940-07-21	Wellington	Ic	Z8788	KO-H		RAF Marham, Norfolk	2239	Mannheim, Germany	See archive report for full details	Killed	Coxyde Military Cemetery Belgium. Coll. grave I.A.21-26		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16375	Johnston	Arnold Ney	Flying Officer	J/28771			Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	115Sqn	1944-09-16	Lancaster	III	LM693	KO-T		RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire	2128	Moerdijk	Collided with 90 Squadron Lancaster LM169 crashed at Strijen {Zuid-Holland}	Killed	Strijen Protestant Cemetery. Grave 6.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
16376	Johnston	T V	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	12Sqn	1941-09-07	Wellington	II	Z8328	PH-		Binbrook	2150	Berlin	?	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16377	Johnston	A	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	207Sqn	1945-03-03	Lancaster	I	NG204	EM-M		Spilsby	1838	Ladbergen		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16378	Johnston	Thomas Andrew	Flight Sergeant	R/200049		Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	227Sqn	1944-11-11	Lancaster	I	PB643	9J-S		RAF Balderton	16:41	Hamburg	Shot down by naval flak, crashed at Nieder Ochtenhausen	Killed	Becklingen War Cemetery, Coll. Grave 27. E. 3-7. Germany.		Accident report	Received posthumous commission to Pilot Officer with new service number J/95344	Paradie RCAF Database
16379	Johnston	W L N	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1941-10-22	Wellington	II	Z8419	LQ-V		Pocklington	1815	le Havre	?	Killed			Paradie Archive Database
16380	Johnston	Norman	Pilot Officer	J/85052		Canadian	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF	1944-06-02	Lancaster	III	ND507	LQ:C		Gransden Lodge	23:04	Trappes	Shot down by Hptm Hans Autenrieth of 6./NJG4	Killed	St. Desir War cemetery VII.C.10, France		Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
16381	Johnston	C L:	Pilot Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1945-01-28	Halifax	VII	NP743	EQ-K		Linton on Ouse	1953	Stuttgart		Killed	Durnbach War Cemetery	Courtesy John Jones	Paradie Archive Database
16382	Johnston	Crawford Lee	Pilot Officer	C/89128		Canada	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-10-17	Halifax	VII	NP745	EQ-H		RAF Linton on Ouse, Yorkshire	2030	Training	See Archive report - Information courtesy John Jones	Safe		Courtesy John Jones	Paradie Archive Database	Later on an operation to Stuttgart on the 29th January 1945, Halifax VII NP743 EQ-K was lost with all 7 crew, including 5 who survived this incident	Archive report
16383	Johnston	James Webster	Flying Officer	J/37120	Age 20. Scotland, UK	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	2 TAF	412Sqn RCAF	1944-11-19	Spitfire	IX	PL130	VZ-?		B-80 Volkel - B.88 Heesch	14:15	Dive bombing and Armed recce	See archive report for compressive details	Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 17. D. 2. Germany.		Accident report	Born on the 28th June 1924 in Dundee, Scotland. Educated at Lachlan High School and Sir George William College in Montreal. Worked as a draughtsman for Dominion Engineering of Lachine. Enlisted on the 15th September 1942 in Montreal. Son of Archibald Downie Johnston (died 1994, age 100) and Isabella Rattray Johnston (née Webster - died 1983, age 85), brother of Archibald also a serving member R/121084 RCAF of 134 Provost Street, Lachine, Province of Quebec, Canada. Epitaph: 'May We Be Worthy Of His Great Sacrifice His Memory Is Cherished Love Mum Dad And Norman'.	Archive report on the loss Paradie RCAF Database
16384	Johnston	W G	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Coastal Command	415Sqn RCAF	1945-02-08	Halifax	III	NR249	6U-J		East Moor	256	Wanne-Eickel		PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16385	Johnston	D D	Flying Officer	J/6489					RCAF	Fighter	418Sqn RCAF	1943-09-29	Mosquito	VI	HJ823					Intruder	Crashed near Dover	Killed	Brookwood Military Cemetery United Kingdom		Paradie Archive Database
16386	Johnston	Douglas Murray	Sergeant	R/188474		Canadian	Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1943-11-18	Halifax	II	LW328	VR-L		Middleton St George	1655	Mannheim	Abandoned	PoW - Interned at Stalag IVB			Accident report		Paradie RCAF Database
16387	Johnston	Clifford Stanley	Pilot Officer	J/85041	1923	Canadian	Air Bombardier Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	419Sqn RCAF	1944-06-16	Lancaster	X	KB728	VR-V		Middleton St George	2308	Sterkrade	Exploded, following a combat with a night-fighter, and crashed alongside the Huissensedijk and close to the Dutch Reformed Church at Elden (Gelderland), 4 km SW of Arnham	Killed	Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, Grave XV.C.1		Paradie Archive Database	Son of Matthew Henry and Mary Ellen Johnston, of North Bay, Ontario
16388	Johnston	Lloyd George	Sergeant	R/110817	1921	Canadian	Rear Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	420 Sqn RCAF	1944-02-29	Halifax	III	LW366	PT-		RAF Tholthorpe		Training	Crashed 300 yards North East of farm buildings Hafod Farm near Aberystwyth at 15:10.	Killed	Chester (Blacon) Cemetery Section A Grave 899		Paradie Archive Database	Proceedings of the Court of Enquiry or Investigation available Son of Robert James Johnston and Alice Beatrice Johnston, of Beresford, Manitoba, Canada	Full details are here: Paradie Canadian Archive LW366
16389	Johnston	J G	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	420Sqn RCAF	1945-03-05	Halifax	III	NR144	PT-H		Tholthorpe	1623	Chemnitz	Crash landed near Juvincourt				Paradie Archive Database
16390	Johnston	G N	Flight Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1944-06-28	Halifax	III	LV910	QB-Y		Skipton on Swale	2222	Metz		PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16391	Johnston	A A	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	426Sqn RCAF	1943-12-16	Lancaster	II	DS837	OW-		Linton on Ouse	1630	Berlin	Crashed at Yearsley	Killed	Harrogate [Stonefall] Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16392	Johnston	J D	Flight Lieutenant					DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1945-01-05	Halifax	III	NR257	ZL-Y		Leeming	1625	Hannover	Crashed at Dudensen	PoW			Paradie Archive Database
16393	Johnston	J H	Flying Officer						RCAF	Bomber Command	429Sqn RCAF	1944-11-21	Halifax	III	MZ377	AL-D		Leeming	1546	Castrop-Rauxel		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16394	Johnston	Keith McLean	Pilot Officer	J16067		Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	429 (Bison) Sqn RCAF	1943-07-25	Wellington	X	HE803	AL:?		East Moor	22:39	Essen	See archive report for details	KiA	Bergen-Op-Zoom Canadian War Cemetery. Grave 5.G.10		Paradie Archive Database		Read Archive Report
16395	Johnston	J M	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	432Sqn RCAF	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	NA516	QO-A		East Moor	2316	Sterkrade	Crashed at Almen {Gelderland}	Killed	Gorssel General Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16396	Johnston	G McI	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	434Sqn RCAF	1943-08-17	Halifax	V	EB276	IP-G		Tholthorpe	2116	Peenemunde	Abandoned near Demmin	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16397	Johnston	E I	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	49Sqn	1942-12-20	Lancaster	I	R5762	EA-		Scampton	1802	Duisburg	Crashed near IJmuiden	Killed	Amsterdam New Eastern		Paradie Archive Database
16398	Johnston	Howard Robert Franklin	Sergeant	R/75095		Canada	W/Op Air Gunner		RCAF	Bomber Command	51Sqn	1941-08-18	Whitley	V	Z6811	MH-D		RAF Dishforth, Yorkshire	2134	Koln	Crashed Malden near Nijmegen	Killed	Uden War Cemetery. Grave 5.D.6.		Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report Attacker Wilhelm Dimter
16399	Johnston	L L	Sergeant						RCAF	Bomber Command	576Sqn	1944-08-18	Lancaster	III	LM439	UL-E2		Elsham Wolds	1924	la Nieppe		Killed	Calais Canadian War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database
16400	Johnston	James Ian	Pilot Officer	J19259	25th February 1918 in Ontario	Canadian	Air Gunner (Mid Under)	DFC	RCAF	Bomber Command	617 Sqn	1944-06-24	Lancaster	I	DV403	KC:G		Woodhall Spa	16:25	Wizernes Flying bomb Site.	The Lancaster was hit by flak, or anti-aircraft fire, and the port wing caught fire. The bomber began to lose height, slowly at first, but then went out of control and blew up before hitting the ground at the village of Leulinghem, 7km South-West of St Omer in the Pas de Calais — still carrying their bomb load.	Injured/died	Longuenesse (St. Omer) Souvenir Cemetery Plot 3. Row C. Grave 1		Paradie Archive Database	They began their bombing run at just before 17:00, on a straight and level approach the aircraft was hit by flak, and Bill King was killed instantly. The port inner engine burst into flames and the pilot called for the crew to bail out. Two of the crew, the Navigator and the Bomb-aimer managed to bale out and became PoWs. Bill King's body was flung from the aircraft as it crashed in flames near the French village of Leulingham. The wireless operator was pulled from the wreckage with broken limbs as was one of the air gunners (Johnstone) but he died in hospital in St Omer a few hours later. The pilot and two other gunners both died in the crash. The Germans moved in quickly to secure the prisoners and remove the bodies, except Bill King whose body was not discovered until a few weeks later lying in a cornfield. later the three bodies were dumped at Leulingham church, where a local resistance worker arranged a funeral. Plt Off Johnston was awarded the DFC whilst with 619 Squadron. Gazetted 27 June 1944 Son of James Craig and Jean (née Macfadyen) Johnston. Husband to Marion (née Howard) Johnston from Englehart. Ontario, Canada.