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Military service
Service number:
J/86171
Age:
23
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
76 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
June 13, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 258.
Additional information
Son of Joseph Leon and Clara Johnston, of Culross, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Arthur Leon Johnston
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Group Photo
The crew of Aircraft O, 76 Squadron (RAF) that was shot down over Normandy on the night of 12/13 June. 'Johnny' Johnston (centre with pilots wings) sometimes stayed with our family when on leave and is not forgotten. -
Grave Markers
Picture of the collective grave of Aircraft O. All on board were killed in action and include: D Burton, H Earl, G Griffiths, A Johntson, E Lewis, A Moult, C Trott -
Grave Marker
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Photo of ARTHUR LEON JOHNSTON
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
Pilot Officer Arthur Leon Johnston is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Arthur Leon Johnston is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Winnipeg Free Press 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Leon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Leon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Leon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Leon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Leon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Leon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Leon Johnston
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Arthur Leon Johnston
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 346 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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MARISSEL FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Marissel is a commune on the east side of Beauvais. Beauvais is a Cathedral City in the Department of the Oise.
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