Father: John Johnstone; Father Birth Place: Lancanshire, England
Mother: Margaret Welsh; Mother Birth Place: Pittsburgh, Penn
Older Siblings:
Jenny Johnstone
Cora Johnstone
John Johnstone
Malcolm Johnstone
Service # O2070044
Unit 721st Bomber Squadron, 450th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death February 25 1945
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Epinal American Cemetery
Medals: Air Medal and Purple Heart
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2nd Lt Frank A. Johnstone left the University of Texas where he was prominent in athletics to join the Air Corps in 1943 and trained at Ellington and Sheppard fields. He was also stationed at a California air field before going overseas in September 1944.
S/Sgt James F. Tharp:
On 25 February 1945, our group was on a mission to bomb the marshalling yards at Linz, Austria. I was flying as tail gunner ship number 770 in the lead position of the second box in the second attack unit. Lt. O'Sullivan was pilot of B-24J number 44-41188 in number two position of the same box. Just before bombs away Lt O'Sullivans aircraft received a direct flak hit on the nose of the aircraft. The ship slid back, appeared to be cut of control, to the left and almost hit the aircraft flying number six but Lt O'Sullivan managed to get control of the aircraft and peeled out of the formation to the left, and out of my line of vision. When I last saw this aircraft, all four engines were operating, the ship was under control, and there was a large gap on the left side of the nose which was smoking. The altitude was twenty-four thousand feet. The time was 1914. I saw no parachutes leave the aircraft.
He was killed in the nose compartment.
He is remembered at the
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
Source: Fields of Honor Database
04/05/1945 AM Air Medal (AM)
2LTGO: 2090 Sec 1 of GO# 1081 amended to read "Missing In Action
Beaumont TX
Mother: Margaret Welsh; Mother Birth Place: Pittsburgh, Penn
Older Siblings:
Jenny Johnstone
Cora Johnstone
John Johnstone
Malcolm Johnstone
Service # O2070044
Unit 721st Bomber Squadron, 450th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death February 25 1945
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Epinal American Cemetery
Medals: Air Medal and Purple Heart
[navigator]
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2nd Lt Frank A. Johnstone left the University of Texas where he was prominent in athletics to join the Air Corps in 1943 and trained at Ellington and Sheppard fields. He was also stationed at a California air field before going overseas in September 1944.
S/Sgt James F. Tharp:
On 25 February 1945, our group was on a mission to bomb the marshalling yards at Linz, Austria. I was flying as tail gunner ship number 770 in the lead position of the second box in the second attack unit. Lt. O'Sullivan was pilot of B-24J number 44-41188 in number two position of the same box. Just before bombs away Lt O'Sullivans aircraft received a direct flak hit on the nose of the aircraft. The ship slid back, appeared to be cut of control, to the left and almost hit the aircraft flying number six but Lt O'Sullivan managed to get control of the aircraft and peeled out of the formation to the left, and out of my line of vision. When I last saw this aircraft, all four engines were operating, the ship was under control, and there was a large gap on the left side of the nose which was smoking. The altitude was twenty-four thousand feet. The time was 1914. I saw no parachutes leave the aircraft.
He was killed in the nose compartment.
He is remembered at the
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
Source: Fields of Honor Database
04/05/1945 AM Air Medal (AM)
2LTGO: 2090 Sec 1 of GO# 1081 amended to read "Missing In Action
Beaumont TX
Father: John Johnstone; Father Birth Place: Lancanshire, England
Mother: Margaret Welsh; Mother Birth Place: Pittsburgh, Penn
Older Siblings:
Jenny Johnstone
Cora Johnstone
John Johnstone
Malcolm Johnstone
Service # O2070044
Unit 721st Bomber Squadron, 450th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death February 25 1945
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Epinal American Cemetery
Medals: Air Medal and Purple Heart
[navigator]
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2nd Lt Frank A. Johnstone left the University of Texas where he was prominent in athletics to join the Air Corps in 1943 and trained at Ellington and Sheppard fields. He was also stationed at a California air field before going overseas in September 1944.
S/Sgt James F. Tharp:
On 25 February 1945, our group was on a mission to bomb the marshalling yards at Linz, Austria. I was flying as tail gunner ship number 770 in the lead position of the second box in the second attack unit. Lt. O'Sullivan was pilot of B-24J number 44-41188 in number two position of the same box. Just before bombs away Lt O'Sullivans aircraft received a direct flak hit on the nose of the aircraft. The ship slid back, appeared to be cut of control, to the left and almost hit the aircraft flying number six but Lt O'Sullivan managed to get control of the aircraft and peeled out of the formation to the left, and out of my line of vision. When I last saw this aircraft, all four engines were operating, the ship was under control, and there was a large gap on the left side of the nose which was smoking. The altitude was twenty-four thousand feet. The time was 1914. I saw no parachutes leave the aircraft.
He was killed in the nose compartment.
He is remembered at the
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
Source: Fields of Honor Database
04/05/1945 AM Air Medal (AM)
2LTGO: 2090 Sec 1 of GO# 1081 amended to read "Missing In Action
Beaumont TX
Mother: Margaret Welsh; Mother Birth Place: Pittsburgh, Penn
Older Siblings:
Jenny Johnstone
Cora Johnstone
John Johnstone
Malcolm Johnstone
Service # O2070044
Unit 721st Bomber Squadron, 450th Bomber Group, Heavy
Rank Second Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Texas
Date of Death February 25 1945
Status Missing In Action
Memorialized Tablets of the Missing
Epinal American Cemetery
Medals: Air Medal and Purple Heart
[navigator]
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2nd Lt Frank A. Johnstone left the University of Texas where he was prominent in athletics to join the Air Corps in 1943 and trained at Ellington and Sheppard fields. He was also stationed at a California air field before going overseas in September 1944.
S/Sgt James F. Tharp:
On 25 February 1945, our group was on a mission to bomb the marshalling yards at Linz, Austria. I was flying as tail gunner ship number 770 in the lead position of the second box in the second attack unit. Lt. O'Sullivan was pilot of B-24J number 44-41188 in number two position of the same box. Just before bombs away Lt O'Sullivans aircraft received a direct flak hit on the nose of the aircraft. The ship slid back, appeared to be cut of control, to the left and almost hit the aircraft flying number six but Lt O'Sullivan managed to get control of the aircraft and peeled out of the formation to the left, and out of my line of vision. When I last saw this aircraft, all four engines were operating, the ship was under control, and there was a large gap on the left side of the nose which was smoking. The altitude was twenty-four thousand feet. The time was 1914. I saw no parachutes leave the aircraft.
He was killed in the nose compartment.
He is remembered at the
Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Funeral Home in Beaumont, Jefferson County, Texas.
Source: Fields of Honor Database
04/05/1945 AM Air Medal (AM)
2LTGO: 2090 Sec 1 of GO# 1081 amended to read "Missing In Action
Beaumont TX
Inscription
2LT 721 BOMB SQ 450 BOMB GP TEXAS
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Entered the Service from Texas
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