Johnson, Merle (NMI)

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Johnson, Merle (NMI) ‡ ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant / First Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-741911 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 545th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 26 April 1943, effective 24 April 1943. Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 545th Bomb Squadron Morning Report, effective 27 April 1943. Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 1 December 1943, effective 27 November 1943. Transferred to the USA, per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 24 December 1943, effective 16 December 1943.
Duty	Co-pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	6 September 1943
Results	Evaded Capture
Decorations	Awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received on 6 September 1943 per General Orders #214, Headquarters Eighth Air Force dated 25 November 1943.
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 17 March 1918 Lieutenant Johnson was shot down on 6 September 1943. He evaded capture and was returned to Allied Control on 10 November 1943 at Gibraltar, UK. He was reassigned to the 384th Bomb Group, 547th Bomb Squadron on 27 November 1943 and placed on Temporary Duty to A-2, 8th Air Force on 27 November 1943. Promoted to First Lieutenant effective 6 December 1943 per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report dated 23 December 1943.
Related Documents	Missing Air Crew Report # 1455⇓ (8.347 MB) Escape & Evasion Report # 220⇓ (Filesize N/A)

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 10 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
2⇗	25 June 1943	Target: Industrial Area & Submarine Pens Type: Military Location: Hamburg, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑30043⇗	Combat Mission Credit Jettisoned bombs on enemy-occupied Terschelling Island. Sortie Report⇗
5⇗	29 June 1943	Target: duNord Aircraft Works, Villacoublay Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Co-pilot	42‑5843⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron Lead. Turned back due to #1 engine failure. Sortie Report⇗
6⇗	4 July 1943	Target: Gnome et Rhone Aircraft Engine Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Le Mans, France	Co-pilot	42‑5843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
7⇗	10 July 1943	Target: Drucat Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Abbeville, France	Co-pilot	42‑5843⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead, Group Deputy. Sortie Report⇗
15⇗	15 August 1943	Target: Poix-en-Picardie and Amiens-Glisy Airfields Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Poix-de-Picardie & Amiens, France	Co-pilot	42‑5843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron deputy. Sortie Report⇗
16⇗	16 August 1943	Target: Le Bourget Airport & Air Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Paris, France	Co-pilot	42‑5843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
17⇗	17 August 1943	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑5843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Group deputy. Sortie Report⇗
18⇗	27 August 1943	Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Watten, France	Co-pilot	42‑5843⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
19⇗	31 August 1943	Target: Fighter Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France	Co-pilot	42‑5843⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. Sortie Report⇗
20⇗	3 September 1943	Target: Air Park and Aerodrome Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Romilly-sur-Seine, France	Co-pilot	42‑5843⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron lead. A British Army observer and war correspondent, Maj. Anthony Cotterell, flew with this crew. Sortie Report⇗
21⇗	6 September 1943	Type: Industry Location: Stuttgart, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑5843⇗	Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return Shot down by fighters and flak; crashed near Beauvais, France; MACR 1455. Sortie Report⇗

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