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Military service
Service number:
R/71026
Age:
27
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
419 Sqdn.
Death:
June 25, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. G. 7.
Additional information
Son of John B. and Josephine Johnson, of Gimli, Manitoba.
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, Putten, The Netherlands<P>Halifax D147 was one of three No.419 Sqdn Halifaxes lost on this operation. The crew was airborne 2240 24Jun43 from Middleton St.George on a mission to Wuppertal, Germany. It was shot down by a night-fighter and crashed onto the Hammersveld near Herten (Limburg), Holland, where F/O Goodwin is buried in Kapel in the Roermond Roman Catholic Cemetery. His two comrades are now buried in Jonkerbos War Cemetery, having been brought here from the temporary military cemetery at Venlo. The crew killed were: F/L B.N.Jost DFC, Sgt J.B.Johnson, and F/O R.O.E.Goodwin, all members of the RCAF and one member of the RNZAF, F/S A.W.A.Bruce. The following RAF crew members survived and were taken PoW: F/S L.Barker, Sgt R.E.Austin, Sgt R.E.Austin and Sgt E.B.Pope. (Source: //lostbombers.co.uk) -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Julius Bjorn Johnson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Sergeant Julius Bjorn Johnson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Digital gallery of
Sergeant Julius Bjorn Johnson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Julius Bjorn Johnson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Julius Bjorn Johnson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Julius Bjorn Johnson
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Julius Bjorn Johnson
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Commemorated on:
Page 175 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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