Johnson, Donald Ernest

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Johnson, Donald Ernest ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-768569
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per Squadron History, microfilm A0641-00103, effective 5 August 1944.
Duty	Co-pilot / Pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	16 February 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 10 November 1924 Granted a seven day operational leave of absence effective 14 November 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #223 dated 12 November 1944. Appointed First Lieutenant, AUS effective 23 January per 546th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 30 January 1945. Transferred out of the squadron 16 February 1945 (ref microfilm: A0641-00138)
Related Documents	Accident Report # 44-12-05-513⇓ (3.015 MB)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 35 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
173⇗	5 August 1944	Target: Luftwaffe Controlling Station Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Langenhagen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102620⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, lead group. Sortie Report⇗
174⇗	7 August 1944	Target: Aircraft Fuel Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Dugny (Paris), France	Co-pilot	42‑107057⇗	Combat Mission Credit High group hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
178⇗	12 August 1944	Target: "Landing Ground" Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: La Perthe, France	Co-pilot	42‑97142⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group flying spare; joined formation. Cline apparently experienced a problem with this aircraft, and mission records indicate a change to Ground Spare Aircraft 42‑31222. Eventually, however, he flew the mission in his originally assigned ship. Sortie Report⇗
180⇗	14 August 1944	Target: Echterdingen Airdrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗
181⇗	16 August 1944	Target: Delitzsch Air Field and Air Equipment Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Delitzsch, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
182⇗	18 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium	Co-pilot	42‑102620⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off High group. Turned back because unable to locate formation. Sortie Report⇗
185⇗	26 August 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑107057⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
187⇗	3 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97251⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
189⇗	8 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group deputy. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
190⇗	9 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
196⇗	19 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
197⇗	21 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
204⇗	3 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑8211⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
214⇗	19 October 1944	Target: Heinrich Lanz Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Mannheim, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑107125⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron deputy. Gee-H ship. Equipment failed prior to bomb run, causing Squadron to attack secondary PFF target. Sortie Report⇗
222⇗	8 November 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant (visual aim point) Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑8216⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. PFF ship. Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
229⇗	25 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship; landed away at Aldermaston, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
--	5 December 1944	None Non-combat sortie	Passenger	42‑107121⇗	Right landing gear collapsed, damaging aircraft. There were no injuries to personnel. Sortie Report⇗
237⇗	9 December 1944	Target: Airfield and Daimler Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Böblingen (Stuttgart area), Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
238⇗	11 December 1944	Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑8430⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron, B Group. Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Co-pilot	44‑8430⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
240⇗	18 December 1944	Target: Road Junction Type: Transportation Location: Gemünd, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
246⇗	30 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Limburg, Germany	Pilot	43‑38548⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
247⇗	31 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany	Pilot	44‑6476⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
248⇗	1 January 1945	Target: Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Derben, Germany	Pilot	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Left formation over friendly territory and crash-landed near Okegem, Belgium, with battle damage. Seven crewmembers had bailed out and the pilot and co-pilot landed the aircraft in a field. Sortie Report⇗
252⇗	7 January 1945	Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany	Pilot	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
253⇗	8 January 1945	Target: Railroad Type: Transportation Location: Kyllburg, Germany	Pilot	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
254⇗	10 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bonn, Germany	Pilot	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
255⇗	15 January 1945	Target: Neuburg Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany	Pilot	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
256⇗	17 January 1945	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany	Pilot	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
258⇗	21 January 1945	Target: Marshalling Yard Type: Transportation Location: Aschaffenburg, Germany	Pilot	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
259⇗	22 January 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade, Germany	Pilot	43‑38994⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
262⇗	29 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Siegen, Germany	Pilot	43‑39060⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
263⇗	1 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Pilot	42‑102501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Pilot	43‑39131⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Waist Gunner wounded. Sortie Report⇗
265⇗	9 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Pilot	44‑6909⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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