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Military service
Service number:
J/40077
Age:
23
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Birth:
December 6, 1921
Death:
March 31, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 279.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson
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Newspaper Clipping
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.] -
Photo of ROBERT OLIVER JOHNSON
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of ROBERT OLIVER JOHNSON
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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 Robert Oliver Johnson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Robert Oliver Johnson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 528 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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