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Digital gallery of Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson
The Red Deer Advocate 4 Apr 45
F/O Johnson was Bomb Aimer in 419 Squadron. Lancaster KB 761 was delivered to 419 Sqdn July 44 and took part in the following Key Operations: Caen 7/8 Aug 44; Stettin 29/30 Aug 44; Bichum 9/10 Oct 44; Wiesbaden 2/3 Feb 45; Hemmingstedt 20/21 Mar 45. On 31 Mar 45, the crew were on a daylight raid against Hamburg. They were airborne 0601 from Middleton St.George to bomb the shipyards and were shot down by a jet-propelled Me262 fighter.
The crew were: F/L (P) Harry A. Metivier, age 23, of Sault Ste. Marie; P/O (FE) Wm. M. Sommerville, age 26, of London, Ont.; F/O (N) Jas. Todd, age 21, of Montreal; F/O (BA) Robt. O.Johnson; P/O (WAG) George Matuszewski, ag F/S He 19, of Windsor, Ont.; P/O (AG) H. S.Tulk, age 21, of Corner Brook, Nfld; P/O (AG) Earl E. Morphy, age 22, of Oshawa, Ont.
[Sources: www.lostbombers.co.uk; and They Shall Grow Not Old published by the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, MB.]
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson
Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson
Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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The Red Deer Advocate 4 Apr 45 F/O Johnson was Bomb Aimer in 419 Squadron. Lancaster KB 761 was delivered to 419 Sqdn July 44 and took part in the following Key Operations: Caen 7/8 Aug 44; Stettin 29/30 Aug 44; Bichum 9/10 Oct 44; Wiesbaden 2/3 Feb 45; Hemmingstedt 20/21 Mar 45. On 31 Mar 45, the crew were on a daylight raid against Hamburg. They were airborne 0601 from Middleton St.George to bomb the shipyards and were shot down by a jet-propelled Me262 fighter. The crew were: F/L (P) Harry A. Metivier, age 23, of Sault Ste. Marie; P/O (FE) Wm. M. Sommerville, age 26, of London, Ont.; F/O (N) Jas. Todd, age 21, of Montreal; F/O (BA) Robt. O.Johnson; P/O (WAG) George Matuszewski, ag F/S He 19, of Windsor, Ont.; P/O (AG) H. S.Tulk, age 21, of Corner Brook, Nfld; P/O (AG) Earl E. Morphy, age 22, of Oshawa, Ont. [Sources: www.lostbombers.co.uk; and They Shall Grow Not Old published by the Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum, Brandon, MB.]
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Page 528 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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