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Military service
Service number:
J/23626
Age:
24
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
16 Operational Training Unit (RAF)
Birth:
March 5, 1919
Hamilton, Ontario
Enlistment:
December 12, 1941
Hamilton, Ontario
Death:
January 25, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 246.
Additional information
Son of George and Louise (nee Gilbert) Johnson, of Hamilton, Ontario. Husband of Ethel (nee Graves) Johnson, of Hamilton, Ontario. Father of Jacqueline Johnson
Digital gallery of Flying Officer John Gilbert Johnson
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Inscription
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Stone of Remembrance
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Runnymede Memorial
Panels - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Allied Airmen Memorial
The 153 airmen listed on the memorial came from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia and the United Kingdom. Some were shot down while carrying out missions over the German occupied Channel Islands, while others were returning from missions elsewhere in Europe.<P> Allied Airmen Memorial is located at Guernsey Airport, La Villiaze, Forest, Guernsey.<P> Photo courtesy of John S. Brehaut. -
Allied Airmen Memorial
The 153 airmen listed on the memorial came from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia and the United Kingdom. Some were shot down while carrying out missions over the German occupied Channel Islands, while others were returning from missions elsewhere in Europe.<P> Allied Airmen Memorial is located at Guernsey Airport, La Villiaze, Forest, Guernsey.<P> Photo courtesy of John S. Brehaut. -
Allied Airmen Memorial
The 153 airmen listed on the memorial came from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia and the United Kingdom. Some were shot down while carrying out missions over the German occupied Channel Islands, while others were returning from missions elsewhere in Europe.<P> Allied Airmen Memorial is located at Guernsey Airport, La Villiaze, Forest, Guernsey.<P> Photo courtesy of John S. Brehaut. -
Allied Airmen Memorial
The 153 airmen listed on the memorial came from the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Czechoslovakia and the United Kingdom. Some were shot down while carrying out missions over the German occupied Channel Islands, while others were returning from missions elsewhere in Europe.<P> Allied Airmen Memorial is located at Guernsey Airport, La Villiaze, Forest, Guernsey.<P> Photo courtesy of John S. Brehaut. -
Memorial
Flying Officer John Gilbert Johnson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer John Gilbert Johnson is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of JOHN GILBERT JOHNSON
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Gilbert Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Gilbert Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Gilbert Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Gilbert Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Gilbert Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Gilbert Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Gilbert Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Gilbert Johnson
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer John Gilbert Johnson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 346 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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