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Capt David Johnston -358th Fighter Group

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Details:

At the intersection of two hiking trails, 200 meters from the Judenfriedhof. Marker


A rough fieldstone with a metal plaque and German text.  Inaugurated on 28 October 2016. The memorial remembers Captain David W. Johnston, Jr., 365th Fighter Squadron, 358th Fighter Group who crashed at this location on September 20, 1944.

Monument Text:

In Erinnerung an

DAVID W. JOHNSTON, JR.

CAPT 365 FIGHTER SQ AAF

WORLD WAR II PH

aus Youngstown, OHIO, USA,

der am 20 September 1944

mit seiner P-47 Thunderbolt

beim Angriff auf den Lokschuppen

an der Hustley abstürtzte.

 

Seine sterblichen Überrreste wurden erst 1952

gefunden und 1953 nach Youngstown überführt.

 

 

 

English translation:

 

In memory of David W. Johnston, Jr. Captain, 365th Fighter Squadron, Army Air Force World War II Purple Heart from Youngstown, Ohio, USA, who on 20 September 1944 with his P-47 Thunderbolt crashed into the Hustley cliffs while attacking the railroad roundhouse.  His remains were first discovered in 1952 and were returned to Youngstown in 1953.

Commemorates:

People:

David W.  Johnston

Units:

358th Fighter Group

365th Figther Squadron, 358th Fighter Group

United States Air Force

Wars:

WWII

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