Robin Louis Johnston Rank: Lieutenant Status: Killed in Action 1918-05-09

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Johnston, Robin Louis (Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1918-May-09

Birth Date: unkown date (age 29)

Born: Saint John, New Brunswick

James Cardy Johnston & Jane "Jennie" Brayley

unmarried

Home: Saint John, New Brunswick.

Service
RAF

Unit
2 (BR) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base
France

Rank

Lieutenant

Marshal
Air Chief Marshal	A/C/M
Air Marshal	A/M
Air Vice Marshal	A/V/M
Air Commodore	A/C
Group Captain	G/C
Wing Commander	W/C
Squadron Leader	S/L
Flight Lieutenant	F/L
Flying Officer	F/O
Pilot Officer	P/O
Warrant Officer 1st Class	WO1
Warrant Officer 2nd Class	WO2
Flight Sergeant	FS
Sergeant	SGT
Corporal	CPL
Senior Aircraftman	SAC
Leading Aircraftman	LAC
Aircraftman 1st Class	AC1
Aircraftman 2nd Class	AC2

Position
Pilot

Service Numbers

Shot down in flames by four enemy aircraft, Lt A.J. Melanson (Canadian) was also lost - listed as MIA.*L.S.* 1917-11-04: 2nd-Lieutenant, RFC. 1918-05-09: Johnston and Lt. Albert Joseph Melanson (Canadian), (observer-gunner) missing, presumed dead. They were last seen north of Illies on an artillery observation patrol to Rue de Marais.

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Home

Saint John, New Brunswick.

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Guards Cemetery
VIII H 44

F.K.8 B5792

Lieutenant Johnston, Robin Louis (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1918-May-09
Guards Cemetery, Cuinchy, Pas-De-Calais, France

Second-Lieutenant Melanson, Albert Joseph (RAF)
observer-gunner
Killed in Action
1918-May-09
Arras Flying Services Memorial, Boulevard du General de Gaulle, Arras, France

Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN 3387943)
Armstrong-Whitworth F.K.8.
(Source Harold A Skaarup web page)

The Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 was a British two-seat general-purpose biplane built by Armstrong Whitworth during the First World War. The type served alongside the better known R.E.8 until the end of the war, at which point 694 F.K.8s remained on RAF charge. Harold Skaarup web page

Wkikpedia Wikipedia F.K.8

General Harold A Skaarup Web Page

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Griffin Library, 17 Wing Winnipeg

Lancaster FM213

Andrew Mynarski, VC

Johnston, Robin Louis (Lieutenant)

Killed in Action 1918-May-09

F.K.8 B5792

Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8

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