Serviceman

Charles R. Johnson

Play his story on the map built from his record

Army serial number

0681896

Hometown

Youngstown, OH

In the book

Heroes of the 483rd, p. 81, 103, 129

Sources

heroes-book, morning-report

Crews

• John Jay Gorman Commanding Officer · 817th
• Henry Leon Hogan III Crew · 817th
• Jack C. Kent Crew · 817th

Missions placed on him

• mission 51, 18 July 1944 · Memmingen · Listed with the John Jay Gorman crew, which flew it per its history (p. 81); whether he was aboard that day is not recorded

A report lists him aboard, or his crew's history in Heroes of the 483rd dates the mission; the book is cited by page and not reproduced. The rest of his squadron's missions in his window are not placed on him by any document.

Morning reports

2 entries, first 23 June 1944, last 4 November 1944. The clerk's sentence is quoted as the machine read it from microfilm: "fr dy to DS" is from duty to detached service, "sk in hosp" sick in hospital, "asgd & jd" assigned and joined.

• 1944-06-23 817th: Johnson Charles H 2Lt
• 1944-11-04 817th: lLt aptd Capt AUS par 12 SO 307 15th AF 2 Nov 44

National Archives pages: roll 478080727 p. 375, roll 576472397 p. 3586

Photographs naming him

• Newsletter 2021-12_483rd_Newsletter, page 3 photograph (6 scans) · view at 15thaf.org

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Statements, mentions and histories

TAPS ? Deceased Members Not Previously Reported in Newsletter Name Squadron Date Reported By Flaherty, Charles 816 12/6/2021 Renee Johnson Marks, Everest L. 817 8/27/2021 Mitch Marks Rickey, Stanton 817 11/9/2021 Michele Rickey-Pidd Pictures of Ken Hoffman Flying an Airplane for the First Time in