Arthur B. Johnson                                                                                    Updated: 24 MAR 2021

Airman: e777465.htm Surname: Johnson Init: A B Rank: F/Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 42

P_link: p063.htm Plane: BFO N1172 Operation: Anti ship Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d080442 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Kl. 13.15 den 8. april 1942 lettede BFO N1172 fra RAF Leuchars for at angribe 6 motorfartøjer.
Flyet blev set kaste en torpedo rettet mod et af de seks fartøjer, men flak forhindrede yderligere observation.
Hvid røg blev set komme fra N1172. Flyet styrtede ned i Nordsøen. (Kilde: p063MACR)

Flight Sergeant Arthur B. Johnson, 24 år, var søn af Gurth og Mary Elizabeth Johnson. B. Sc.
Hans navn er på Panel 74 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på 
flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

Sgt Shepherd drev i land på Fanø (måske her). Han blev begravet i Esbjerg den 28. juli 1942. (Kilde: FAF)

1 flyver fra BFO N1172 blev begravet i Esbjerg og 1 i Tyskland. 2 flyvere har ingen kendt grav. 4 flyvere.

At 13.15 on 8 April 1942 BFO N1172 took off from RAF Leuchars to attack 6 motor vessels.
It was seen to drop torpedo aimed at one of the six motor vessels but flak prevented further observation.
White smoke was seen to be coming from N1172. It crashed in the North Sea. (Source: p063MACR)

Flight Sergeant Arthur B. Johnson, 24, was the son of Gurth and Mary Elizabeth Johnson. B. Sc.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 74, among more than 20,000
airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)

Sgt Shepherd was washed ashore on Fanø (maybe here). He was buried in Esbjerg on 28 July 1942. (Source: FAF)

1 airman from BFO N1172 was buried in Esbjerg and 1 in GERMANY. 2 airmen have no known grave.

This Beaufort was from RAF Coastal Command. See No. 42 Squadron (Wikipedia). It took off from RAF Leuchars.

4 airmen.