Name:
Howard Edward Johnson
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
R/137467
Unit:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Date of Death:
1942-09-16
State:
Michigan
Cemetery:
New Eastern Cemetery, Amsterdam, Amsterdam Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Plot:
69
Row:
D
Grave:
10
Decoration:
Comments:
Howard Edward Johnson of Clawson, Michigan, was born on April 26, 1920, in Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas. He served in the #26 Operational Training Unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force as a Sergeant during World War II. He was Killed in Action on September 16, 1942, when his Wellington Ic DV941 aircraft, which took off at 20h29 from RAF Wing, England, was shot down near IJmuiden, Holland (The Netherlands). Their aircraft crashed off the Dutch coast.