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Johnson Merlin Eugene

Name:
Merlin Eugene Johnson
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-670558
Unit:
450th Bomber Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group, Medium
Date of Death:
2004-09-15
State:
Colorado
Cemetery:
Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida
Plot:
Sec 323B, Site 381
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1st Lt Merlin Eugene Johnson, co-pilot of the B-26 Marauder 41-31968 “Hearse for Six”, took off from station 485 Andrews Field, Essex, UK on a bombing mission over Le Havre’s gun emplacements. The mission was successful, but on the return flight they got lost in the fog, ending up back over land. They fired a flare as they thought they were over England, but the plane was hit by flak and evacuated at 6000 feet at 0920. Johnson landed safely but was taken prisoner and sent to Stalag Luft 3 in Sagan-Silesia, Bavaria.