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15 Σεπ 2016 · Captain Robert S. Johnson of Oklahoma in his P-47 Thunderbolty had downed 27 Nazi planes during WWII combat — tying the record of Major Bong in the South Pa...
Robert Samuel Johnson (February 21, 1920 – December 27, 1998) was a fighter pilot with the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. He is credited with scoring 27 victories during the conflict flying a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
24 Φεβ 2015 · Robert S Johnson enlisted in 1941 and shortly selected for flying training as a bomber pilot, he was commissioned in July 1942. In January 1943, he was assigned to the 56th Fighter Group and travelled with them to England, he was unqualified to fly the P-47 Thunderbolt but flew his first combat mission in April 1943.
12 Ιουν 2006 · Johnson: Well, four P-47 groups pushed the Germans back from the French and Dutch coasts to about a north-south line from Kiel to Hanover. They knew what our range was because they had captured a couple of P-47s and they knew it was a big gas eater.
22 Ιαν 2021 · Claims about P-47 performance characteristics varied widely. A few fighter groups, notably Zemke’s Wolfpack, loved their Thunderbolts, but most preferred Mustangs. Some of the most extreme claims can be traced back to the book Thunderbolt!, by 56th Fighter Group 27-victory ace Robert S. Johnson and the late aviation author Martin Caidin. An ...
23 Σεπ 2010 · This is the true story of one of the greatest Thunderbolt aces of all, Robert S. Johnson: his training, his early failures, his brushes with death and his 28 kills that helped...
AN EIGHTH AIR FORCE FIGHTER BASE IN ENGLAND, June 28, 1944 (INS) — Lieut.-Col. Francis S. Gabreski of Oil City, Pa., pilot of a P-47 Thunderbolt, today was tied with Maj. Robert Johnson of Lawton, Okla., for top-ranking destroyer of enemy planes in aerial combat.
