Flight Lieutenant Johnson had previously been employed at the Royal Bank of Canada, starting at the St. Catherine and McGill College Avenue branch in Montreal on July 4, 1938 and later the Montreal Peel and Sherbrooke branch until enlisting in the RCAF September 30, 1940
Flight Lieutenant Johnson left behind a wife and two small children, the youngest of whom he only saw one time, the day before his overseas departure
Johnson's father Frederick Johnson, was then president of Bell Telephone Company of Canada
Operational 1944-September-24 to 1944-September-25
60 (OT) OTU (RAF) RAF High Ercall
60 Operational Training Unit RAF High Ercall. Mosquito VI aircraft HX 862 flew into high ground at Foel Fras, Talybont, Caernarvonshire, Wales during a night navigation exercise with the loss of both aircrew
Flight Lieutenant F G Johnson (RCAF) and Flying Officer J Else (RAF) were both killed in this training flying accident
(British Aerospace photo) (Source Bomber Command Museum of Canada)
The de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito was a British twin-engine shoulder-winged multi-role combat aircraft, introduced during the Second World War. It was one of few operational front-line aircraft of the era whose frame was constructed almost entirely of wood. Nicknamed The Wooden Wonder, it was affectionately as the "Mossie" to its crews. The total number of DH98 Mosquito aircraft built was 7,781, the type serving with the main Allied air forces, including both the United States and Russia.
When Mosquito production began in 1941 it was the fastest propeller driven operational aircraft in the world. The first variant was an unarmed, high-speed, high-altitude photo-reconnaissance aircraft. Originally conceived as an unarmed fast bomber, the Mosquito's use evolved during the war into many roles including low to medium-altitude daytime tactical bomber, high-altitude night bomber, pathfinder, day or night fighter, fighter-bomber, intruder, and maritime strike aircraft. It was also used by the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) as a fast transport to carry small high-value cargoes to, and from, neutral countries, through enemy-controlled airspace. The crew of two, pilot and navigator, sat side by side, but a single passenger could ride in the aircraft's bomb bay when necessary.
The Mosquito FB Mk. VI was often flown in special raids, such as Operation Jericho, an attack on Amiens Prison in early 1944, and precision attacks against military intelligence, security and police facilities (such as Gestapo headquarters). On the 10th anniversary of the Nazi' seizure of power in 1943, a morning Mosquito attack knocked out the main Berlin broadcasting station while Hermann Goering was speaking, putting his speech off the air. Goering later said: "It makes me furious when I see the Mosquito. I turn green and yellow with envy. There is nothing the British do not have. They have the geniuses and we have the nincompoops."
The Mosquito flew with the RCAF and other air forces in the European, Mediterranean and Italian theatres. After the end of the Second World War Spartan Air Services flew 10 ex-RAF Mosquitoes, mostly B.35's plus one of only six PR.35's built, for high-altitude photographic survey work in Canada. There are approximately 30 non-flying Mosquitos around the world with five airworthy examples, four in the United States, and one in Canada.
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60 Operational Training Unit RAF High Ercall. Mosquito VI aircraft HX 862 flew into high ground at Foel Fras, Talybont, Caernarvonshire, Wales during a night navigation exercise with the loss of both aircrew
Flight Lieutenant F G Johnson (RCAF) and Flying Officer J Else (RAF) were both killed in this training flying accident
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