Johnson, Hubert Clarence (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1944-June-03

Flight Sergeant Hubert Clarence Johnson RCAF

Birth Date: 1924-August-13

Born:

Parents: Son of John Aron Johnson and Hulda E. Johnson, of Thorsby, Alberta, Canada.

Spouse:

Home: Thorsby, Alberta

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

76 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Resolute

Base

Holme-on-Spalding-Moor

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Navigator

Service Numbers

R/178928

Final Burial
Google MapCommunal Cemetery
Row 1 Coll grave 33-38
76 Squadron (Resolute). Halifax aircraft missing during night operations against Trappes, France. W/O J.O. Paige and five RAF members of the crew were also killed. Addendum: Two aircraft from this squadron crashed in the same area on the same date, the crew names per aircraft are believed to be as follows. F/S(s) H.C. Johnson, L.S. Bryan (RAF), W.G. Woods (RAF), Sgt(s) R.W. Davis (RAF), C.A.C. Le Mee-Power (RAF), R. Stewart (RAF), and W.E. Woodbine (RAF) were all killed when Halifax LK784 crashed near Faverolles, Eure-et-Loir, France. W/O. J.O. Page, F/S. E. Bryan (RAF), Sgt(s) G.N. Clithero (RAF), J.W. Golder (RAF), E. Tonge (RAF), G.R. Whittle (RAF), and PO. A.J. Innes (RAF) were all killed when Halifax aircraft LK783 crashed near Treon, Eure-et-Loir, France. All of these airmen were buried in the Communal Cemetery at Dreux, France. Detail provided by Joel Huard, Serquigny, France.