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Military service
Service number:
J/19424
Age:
26
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
431 Sqdn.
Death:
June 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XII. F. 9.
Additional information
Son of Benjamin Franklin Johnson and Zella Allred Johnson. Husband of Beryl Gwendolin Johnson, of Sanderstead, Surrey, England.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Elmer Orville Johnson
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Cemetery
Groesbeek Cemetery (Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands) LK837 was one of four 431 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on this operation. This crew was airborne 2314 16Jun44 from Croft. Shot down by a night-fighter, crashing at Meijel (Limburg). P/O Johnson RCAF and Sgt Obright RCAF are buried in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, while the others killed are buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery. The crew were: P/O E.O.Johnson RCAF; Sgt D.Shenton, F/O R.W.Jones and P/O W.R.Chapman RAF; and RCAF Sgts E.C.Green and V.P.O'Bright. F/O R.C.B.Garrity, RCAF, survived and was taken PoW. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Memorial
Flying Officer Elmer Orville Johnson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Elmer Orville Johnson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of Elmer Orville Johnson
Sergeant pilot Elmer Orville Johnson - Janauray 1943 -
Group Photo
E O (George) Johnston, center, during debriefing by the station intelligence officer on Feb 1, 1944 following a raid on Berlin. Above from left to right are: SGT D. Shenton, P/O E.O. Johnson, PO R.C.B. Garrity, Sgt. V. O'Bright. The crew was shot down during a raid of Sterkrade on June 17, 1944 by a German night fighter. Only R C B Garrity survived, and evaded capture and returned to England three months later. -
Grave Marker
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Entrance
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Family Photo
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Document
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Photo of ELMER ORVILLE JOHNSON
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Photo of ELMER ORVILLE JOHNSON
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Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elmer Orville Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elmer Orville Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elmer Orville Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elmer Orville Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elmer Orville Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elmer Orville Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elmer Orville Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elmer Orville Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Elmer Orville Johnson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 346 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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