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.Johnson was the first USAAF fighter pilot in the European theater to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I score of 26 victories. He finished his combat tour with 27 victories. He was later credited by the Eighth Air Force claims board with a 28th victory when a "probable" was reassessed as a "destroyed", then reduced back to 27 when a post-war review discovered that the Eighth Air Force had inadvertently switched credits for a kill he made with a double kill made by a fellow 56th Fighter Group pilot, Ralph A. Johnson, on November 26, 1943, a day when Robert Johnson aborted the mission after takeoff. (Intro from Wikipedia)
February 21, 1920 - Lawton, Oklahoma - Robert Samuel Johnson is born
July(?) 1(?), 1928 - Post Field, Oklahoma - Develops interest in military aviation when his father takes him to see a US Army Air Corps barnstorming team "the three Musketeers"
January(?) 1(?), 1932 - Lawton, Oklahoma - Robert takes his first flight: a 15-minute night excursion over Lawton in a Ford Tri-motor
November 9, 1941 - Post Field, Oklahoma - Enlists as an aviation cadet in the US Army
November 11, 1941 - Oklahoma City - Johnson enters service at Oklahoma City as a member of Class 42F =(START)
November 12, 1941 - Kelly Field, San Antonio, Texas - Begins Pre-Flight training
December 18, 1941 - Sikeston, Missouri - Johnson reports to the Missouri Institute of Aeronautics, for Primary Flying Training
December 23, 1941 - Sikeston - First Flight as an Air Corps cadet
January 28, 1942 - Sikeston - Switches instructor. His new instructor, Phil Zampini, becomes his mentor
February 10, 1942 - Sikeston - A new regulation authorizes the acceptance of married personnel as flight cadets
February 21, 1942 - Benton, Missouri - Johnson marries Barbara Morgan immediately upon completing Primary Flying Training
February 27, 1942 - Randolph Field, Texas - Begins Basic Flying Training
May 2, 1942 - Kelly Field, Texas - Begins Advanced Flying Training - Bomber school
June 28, 1942 - Kelly Field - Completes Advanced Flying Training
July 3, 1942 - Kelly Field - Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant
July 19, 1942 - Bridgeport, Connecticut - Johnson reports to the 56th Fighter Group's 61st Fighter Squadron
September 16, 1942 - Bridgeport - The 56th Fighter Group receives a new Group Commander, Major Hubert Zemke
November 26, 1942 - Bridgeport - The 56th Fighter Group is alerted over overseas movement and ceases flying operations to prepare
December 28, 1942 - Camp Kilmer, New Jersey - The 56th Fighter Group moves to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
January 6, 1943 - Pier 90, New York - Sails to Scotland aboard "RMS Queen Elizabeth"
January 12, 1943 - Gourock, near Glasgow, Scotland - "RMS Queen Elizabeth" docks in Scotland
January 13, 1943 - RAF King's Cliffe - The group arrives at its first base in the United Kingdom without aircraft
January 14, 1943 - London - Visit to London. Johnson witnesses the blackout and the noise of the anti-aircraft guns
January 25, 1943 - RAF King's Cliffe - The First P-47Cs arrive at the base
February 8, 1943 - Peterborough - Unable to fly with low-visibility, the fighter group visits Peterborough
February 11, 1943 - RAF King's Cliffe - First flight in England
February 20, 1943 - RAF King's Cliffe - 56th Fighter Group party
March 10, 1943 - Llanbedr, Wales - Johnson is sent to a 2-week course in gunnery training
March 27, 1943 - Llanbedr - Gunnery Mission
March(?), 30(?), 1943 - RAF King's Cliffe - Due to bad weather, Johnson returns to Kings Cliffe without any training flights and still not qualified for fighter pilot
April 5, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - The 56th Fighter Group relocates to RAF Horsham St.Faith, near Norwich
April 17, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - First Combat mission. Johnson is then sent to RAF Goxhill to complete gunnery training
April 29, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - 56th Fighter Group's first combat. Two aircraft and two pilots are lost
May 3, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - Resumes combat missions
May 14, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - Escort mission. Johnson encounters Luftwaffe aircraft fo the first time. He damages two FW190's but becomes separated from the group. He is reported as missing in Action, but manages to return to base
May 19, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - His flight is ambushed by german fighters, but again the inexperienced Johnson is able to elude them
June 13, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - Johnson shoots down his first enemy aircraft, a FW190, while flying over Bergues (France) in a flight led by Gabreski (1 total)
June 15, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - Johnson is assigned to lead two replacements in their first flights. To celebrate Johnson's first official victory, General Carl Spaatz sends him a bottle of Whiskey
June 26, 1943 - RAF Manston - 48 P-47Cs left a forward operating base at RAF Manston late in the afternoon to provide escort for B-17 bombers returning from a mission against Villacoublay airfield in the Paris suburbs. As the P-47s approached the rendezvous point near Forges-les-Eaux, they were jumped from above and behind by 16 Focke-Wulf Fw 190s of II Gruppe, JG 26. The first pass scattered the Thunderbolts, and Johnson's aircraft, flying at the rear of the 61st Squadron's formation, was seriously damaged by an Fw 190 fighter which fired 21 20 mm cannon shells into his fuselage which ruptured his hydraulic system. Burned and partially blinded by hydraulic fluid, Johnson tried to bail out, but his parachute snagged, and the canopy was damaged and would only open about 6 inches. After pulling out of an uncontrolled spin and with the fire amazingly going out on its own, Johnson headed for the English Channel, but was intercepted by a single Fw 190. Unable to fight back, he maneuvered while under a series of attacks, and although sustaining further heavy damage from hundreds of 7.92 mm rounds, managed to survive until the German ran out of ammunition. The German rocked his wings to salute Johnson, then turned back. His opponent was likely the commander of III/JG 2, Oberst Egon Mayer. After landing, Johnson tried to count the bullet holes in his airplane, but gave up after the tally passed 200 – without even moving around the aircraft. While Johnson made it back to land at Manston, four other pilots of the 56th FG were victoryed in action. A fifth, able to extend only one of his plane's landing gear struts, had to bail out over the English Channel and was rescued north of Yarmouth. Five other Thunderbolts suffered battle damage. Johnson suffered shrapnel wounds and minor burns to his face, hands, and legs, and was awarded the Purple Heart (from wikipedia)
July 1, 1943 - RAF Manston - Johnson resumes flying missions
July 2, 1943 - RAF Manston - "Rodeo" Mission to Villacoublay
July 3, 1943 - Biggin Hill - Orientation lectures with the Royal Air Force
July 6, 1943 - Biggin Hill - Johnson flies the Spitfires Mk.V and Mk.9B
July 8, 1943 - Halesworth, North of Ipswich - The Fighter Group relocates to Halesworth, north of Ipswich. Johnson receives his "purple Heart"
July 30, 1943 - Halesworth - RAMROD mission to Kassel
August 9, 1943 - Halesworth - Uneventful mission
August 12, 1943 - Halesworth - Mission to Gelsenkirchen with belly fuel tanks. Johnson has to abort and to return to base
August 17, 1943 - Halesworth - RAMROD Mission to Regensburg
August 19, 1943 - Halesworth - RAMROD mission to Gilze-Rijen. Johnson shoots down a Bf109 over Woensdrecht, Netherlands (2 total)
August 24, 1943 - Halesworth - Mission over Dieppe
September 2, 1943 - Halesworth - The group suffers casualties over Brussels
September 3, 1943 - Halesworth - RAMROD Mission to Romilly / Rodeo Mission to Woensdrecht
October 4, 1943 - Felixtowe - Johnson enjoys a 2-day leave at Felixtowe
October 8, 1943 - Halesworth - Johnson shoots down Hans Philipp's FW190 over Lingen, on an ramrod mission to Bremen. The 206-victory german ace is killed (3 total)
October 10, 1943 - Halesworth - Johnson shoots down a FW190 and a Bf110 over Münster, his P-47 being badly damaged (5 total)
November 3, 1943 - Halesworth - 1 Me109G shot down over Ameland, Netherlands (6 total)
November 11, 1943 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Münster
November 13, 1943 - Halesworth - Escort mission over the Zuiderzee. B17s and P47s return badly crippled after an air battle
November 26, 1943 - Halesworth - RAMROD mission to Bremen. Johnson has a fuel leak and is forced to abort and return to base
December 1, 1943 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Solingen. Johnson stays home
December 11, 1943 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Emden. 1 Me110 shot down (7 total)
December 22, 1943 - Halesworth - 1 Me109G shot down over Almelo, Netherlands (8 total)
December 30, 1943 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Ludwigshafen. Johnson shoots down a german fighter which isn't confirmed. Then damages a FW190D-9 over Soissons
December 31, 1943 - Halesworth - RAMROD mission to Kerlin-Bastard. Johnson shoots down 2 FW190s over Savenay (10 total)
January 1, 1944 - Wattisham - Flight to a maintenance depot to have the Thunderbolts modified
January 5, 1944 - Halesworth - RAMROD Mission to Münster.
January 6, 1944 - Halesworth - Air fight against an unidentified german ace. 1 FW190 shot down (11 total)
January 16, 1944 - London - 2-day pass in London. Before reaching the City, the train suffers an accident and 9 people are killed
January 20, 1944 - Halesworth - 1 FW190 shot down over Rouen (12 total)
January 30, 1944 - Halesworth - RAMDOD mission to Bremen. 1 Me410 shot down over Lingen and an unconfirmed Me109 (13 total)
February 20, 1944 - Halesworth - 2 Me110 shot down over Dümmer Lake, Germany (15 total)
March 2, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Frankfurt. On the return, Gabreski and Johnson strafe an airbase south of Aachen
March 6, 1944 - Halesworth - 1 FW190 and a Me109 shot down over Dümmer Lake, Germany (17 total)
March 8, 1944 - Halesworth - 2 Me109 shot down over Steinhude Lake, Germany (19 total)
March 15, 1944 - Halesworth - Bomber escort to Braunschweig - 2 FW190 and 1 Me109 shot down over Dümmer Lake, Germany (22 total) - Johnson becomes the leading ace in the ETO and is promoted to Captain. Zemke authorizes a 25-hour extension of his combat tour
March 16, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Friedrichshafen
March 20, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Frankfurt
March 23, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Osnabrück
March 24, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Braunschweig cancelled because of bad weather
March 25, 1944 - London - Visit to London
March 28, 1944 - Halesworth - Short-range mission to Calais
March 29, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Braunschweig
April 1, 1944 - Halesworth - Mission to Strasbourg
April 5, 1944 - Halesworth - Strafing mission to Denmark. The Group is recalled to base because of a storm front
April 8, 1944 - Halesworth - RAMROD mission to Hesepe
April 9, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Poznan and Tutow. 1 FW190 shot down over Kiel (23 total)
April 10, 1944 - Halesworth - Short Mission to Brussels
April 12, 1944 - Halesworth - Strafing mission to Oldenburg
April 13, 1944 - over Kaiserslautern, Germany - Escort Mission to Munich. 2 FW190 shot down (25 total)
April 18, 1944 - Boxted, Essex - The 56th Fighter Group relocates to Boxted, Essex
May 1, 1944 - Boxted, Essex - Promoted to Major
May 8, 1944 - Boxted, Essex - 1 Me109 and 1 FW190 shot down over Celle (27 total). Johnson is ordered to return to the United States
June(?) 5(?), 1944 - West Iceland | Greenland | Newfoundland, Canada - Johnson departs for the United States aboard a Skymaster, via West Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland
June 6, 1944 - LaGuardia Airport, New York | Washington D.C. - Returns to the United States. He is immediatly taken with his wife to Washington
June 7(?), 1944 - Washington D.C. - Robert S. Johnson meets President Roosevelt and members of Congress. Later he meets Major Richard Bong
June 11, 1944 - Post Field, Oklahoma - Johnson and his wife depart to Oklahoma
September 1(?), 1944 - Abilene, Texas - Commands an OTU at Abilene until the end of World War II
November 1, 1945 - Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. (?) - Joins Republic Aviation for sales and flight test
May 13, 1947 - Birmingham, Alabama (?) - Commands the 514th troop carrier group
January(?) 1(?), 1949 - ? - Becomes President of the Air Force Association (until 1951). Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel
October 25, 1951 - Panmunjon, South Korea - Sits in on the first Korean War "Peace Meeting"
November 27, 1951 - Panmunjon - Both sides of the War agree upon a Military Demarcation Line
January(?) 1(?), 1958 - Oklahoma(?) - Collaborates with aviation author Martin Caidin to write his autobiographical story
May 1(?), 1961 - ? - First P-47 meeting
January(?) 1(?), 1964 - Lake Wylie, South Carolina - Johnson becomes an insurance executive
February 3, 1977 - Roslyn, N.Y. - Deputy commander of the 26th Air Div.
December 15, 1983 - Oklahoma - Aviation and Space Hall of Fame induction banquet
October 4, 1995 - Lake Wylie, South Carolina - Barbara Ellen Morgan dies, aged 72
February 21, 1997 - Spartenburg, South Carolina - Robert S. Johnson, along with Maj.Gen. John Alison and Capt. T. Hugh Winters are honored at an event
December 24, 1998 - Lawton, Oklahoma - Robert S. Johnson collapses while on a visit with family members and is hospitalized
December 27, 1998 - Tulsa, Oklahoma - Robert Samuel Johnson dies, aged 78 =(END)
Bibliography
JOHNSON, Robert S. and CAIDIN, Martin - Thunderbolt! (1958)
December 23, 1941 - Sikeston - First Flight as an Air Corps cadet
January 28, 1942 - Sikeston - Switches instructor. His new instructor, Phil Zampini, becomes his mentor
February 10, 1942 - Sikeston - A new regulation authorizes the acceptance of married personnel as flight cadets
February 21, 1942 - Benton, Missouri - Johnson marries Barbara Morgan immediately upon completing Primary Flying Training
February 27, 1942 - Randolph Field, Texas - Begins Basic Flying Training
May 2, 1942 - Kelly Field, Texas - Begins Advanced Flying Training - Bomber school
June 28, 1942 - Kelly Field - Completes Advanced Flying Training
July 3, 1942 - Kelly Field - Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant
July 19, 1942 - Bridgeport, Connecticut - Johnson reports to the 56th Fighter Group's 61st Fighter SquadronSeptember 16, 1942 - Bridgeport - The 56th Fighter Group receives a new Group Commander, Major Hubert Zemke
November 26, 1942 - Bridgeport - The 56th Fighter Group is alerted over overseas movement and ceases flying operations to prepare
December 28, 1942 - Camp Kilmer, New Jersey - The 56th Fighter Group moves to Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
January 6, 1943 - Pier 90, New York - Sails to Scotland aboard "RMS Queen Elizabeth"
January 12, 1943 - Gourock, near Glasgow, Scotland - "RMS Queen Elizabeth" docks in Scotland
January 13, 1943 - RAF King's Cliffe - The group arrives at its first base in the United Kingdom without aircraft
January 14, 1943 - London - Visit to London. Johnson witnesses the blackout and the noise of the anti-aircraft guns
January 25, 1943 - RAF King's Cliffe - The First P-47Cs arrive at the base
February 8, 1943 - Peterborough - Unable to fly with low-visibility, the fighter group visits Peterborough
February 11, 1943 - RAF King's Cliffe - First flight in England
February 20, 1943 - RAF King's Cliffe - 56th Fighter Group party
March 10, 1943 - Llanbedr, Wales - Johnson is sent to a 2-week course in gunnery training
March 27, 1943 - Llanbedr - Gunnery Mission
March(?), 30(?), 1943 - RAF King's Cliffe - Due to bad weather, Johnson returns to Kings Cliffe without any training flights and still not qualified for fighter pilot
April 5, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - The 56th Fighter Group relocates to RAF Horsham St.Faith, near Norwich
April 17, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - First Combat mission. Johnson is then sent to RAF Goxhill to complete gunnery training
April 29, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - 56th Fighter Group's first combat. Two aircraft and two pilots are lost
May 3, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - Resumes combat missions
May 14, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - Escort mission. Johnson encounters Luftwaffe aircraft fo the first time. He damages two FW190's but becomes separated from the group. He is reported as missing in Action, but manages to return to base
May 19, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - His flight is ambushed by german fighters, but again the inexperienced Johnson is able to elude them
June 13, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - Johnson shoots down his first enemy aircraft, a FW190, while flying over Bergues (France) in a flight led by Gabreski (1 total)
June 15, 1943 - RAF Horsham St.Faith - Johnson is assigned to lead two replacements in their first flights. To celebrate Johnson's first official victory, General Carl Spaatz sends him a bottle of Whiskey
June 26, 1943 - RAF Manston - 48 P-47Cs left a forward operating base at RAF Manston late in the afternoon to provide escort for B-17 bombers returning from a mission against Villacoublay airfield in the Paris suburbs. As the P-47s approached the rendezvous point near Forges-les-Eaux, they were jumped from above and behind by 16 Focke-Wulf Fw 190s of II Gruppe, JG 26. The first pass scattered the Thunderbolts, and Johnson's aircraft, flying at the rear of the 61st Squadron's formation, was seriously damaged by an Fw 190 fighter which fired 21 20 mm cannon shells into his fuselage which ruptured his hydraulic system. Burned and partially blinded by hydraulic fluid, Johnson tried to bail out, but his parachute snagged, and the canopy was damaged and would only open about 6 inches. After pulling out of an uncontrolled spin and with the fire amazingly going out on its own, Johnson headed for the English Channel, but was intercepted by a single Fw 190. Unable to fight back, he maneuvered while under a series of attacks, and although sustaining further heavy damage from hundreds of 7.92 mm rounds, managed to survive until the German ran out of ammunition. The German rocked his wings to salute Johnson, then turned back. His opponent was likely the commander of III/JG 2, Oberst Egon Mayer. After landing, Johnson tried to count the bullet holes in his airplane, but gave up after the tally passed 200 – without even moving around the aircraft. While Johnson made it back to land at Manston, four other pilots of the 56th FG were victoryed in action. A fifth, able to extend only one of his plane's landing gear struts, had to bail out over the English Channel and was rescued north of Yarmouth. Five other Thunderbolts suffered battle damage. Johnson suffered shrapnel wounds and minor burns to his face, hands, and legs, and was awarded the Purple Heart (from wikipedia)
July 1, 1943 - RAF Manston - Johnson resumes flying missions
July 2, 1943 - RAF Manston - "Rodeo" Mission to Villacoublay
July 3, 1943 - Biggin Hill - Orientation lectures with the Royal Air Force
July 6, 1943 - Biggin Hill - Johnson flies the Spitfires Mk.V and Mk.9B
July 8, 1943 - Halesworth, North of Ipswich - The Fighter Group relocates to Halesworth, north of Ipswich. Johnson receives his "purple Heart"
July 30, 1943 - Halesworth - RAMROD mission to Kassel
August 9, 1943 - Halesworth - Uneventful mission
August 12, 1943 - Halesworth - Mission to Gelsenkirchen with belly fuel tanks. Johnson has to abort and to return to base
August 17, 1943 - Halesworth - RAMROD Mission to Regensburg
August 19, 1943 - Halesworth - RAMROD mission to Gilze-Rijen. Johnson shoots down a Bf109 over Woensdrecht, Netherlands (2 total)
August 24, 1943 - Halesworth - Mission over Dieppe
September 2, 1943 - Halesworth - The group suffers casualties over Brussels
September 3, 1943 - Halesworth - RAMROD Mission to Romilly / Rodeo Mission to Woensdrecht
October 4, 1943 - Felixtowe - Johnson enjoys a 2-day leave at Felixtowe
October 8, 1943 - Halesworth - Johnson shoots down Hans Philipp's FW190 over Lingen, on an ramrod mission to Bremen. The 206-victory german ace is killed (3 total)
October 10, 1943 - Halesworth - Johnson shoots down a FW190 and a Bf110 over Münster, his P-47 being badly damaged (5 total)
November 3, 1943 - Halesworth - 1 Me109G shot down over Ameland, Netherlands (6 total)
November 11, 1943 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Münster
November 13, 1943 - Halesworth - Escort mission over the Zuiderzee. B17s and P47s return badly crippled after an air battle
November 26, 1943 - Halesworth - RAMROD mission to Bremen. Johnson has a fuel leak and is forced to abort and return to base
December 1, 1943 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Solingen. Johnson stays home
December 11, 1943 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Emden. 1 Me110 shot down (7 total)
December 22, 1943 - Halesworth - 1 Me109G shot down over Almelo, Netherlands (8 total)
December 30, 1943 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Ludwigshafen. Johnson shoots down a german fighter which isn't confirmed. Then damages a FW190D-9 over Soissons
December 31, 1943 - Halesworth - RAMROD mission to Kerlin-Bastard. Johnson shoots down 2 FW190s over Savenay (10 total)
January 1, 1944 - Wattisham - Flight to a maintenance depot to have the Thunderbolts modified
January 5, 1944 - Halesworth - RAMROD Mission to Münster.
January 6, 1944 - Halesworth - Air fight against an unidentified german ace. 1 FW190 shot down (11 total)
January 16, 1944 - London - 2-day pass in London. Before reaching the City, the train suffers an accident and 9 people are killed
January 20, 1944 - Halesworth - 1 FW190 shot down over Rouen (12 total)
January 30, 1944 - Halesworth - RAMDOD mission to Bremen. 1 Me410 shot down over Lingen and an unconfirmed Me109 (13 total)
February 20, 1944 - Halesworth - 2 Me110 shot down over Dümmer Lake, Germany (15 total)
March 6, 1944 - Halesworth - 1 FW190 and a Me109 shot down over Dümmer Lake, Germany (17 total)
March 8, 1944 - Halesworth - 2 Me109 shot down over Steinhude Lake, Germany (19 total)
March 15, 1944 - Halesworth - Bomber escort to Braunschweig - 2 FW190 and 1 Me109 shot down over Dümmer Lake, Germany (22 total) - Johnson becomes the leading ace in the ETO and is promoted to Captain. Zemke authorizes a 25-hour extension of his combat tour
March 16, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Friedrichshafen
March 20, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Frankfurt
March 23, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Osnabrück
March 24, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Braunschweig cancelled because of bad weather
March 25, 1944 - London - Visit to London
March 28, 1944 - Halesworth - Short-range mission to Calais
March 29, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Braunschweig
April 1, 1944 - Halesworth - Mission to Strasbourg
April 5, 1944 - Halesworth - Strafing mission to Denmark. The Group is recalled to base because of a storm front
April 8, 1944 - Halesworth - RAMROD mission to Hesepe
April 9, 1944 - Halesworth - Escort mission to Poznan and Tutow. 1 FW190 shot down over Kiel (23 total)
April 10, 1944 - Halesworth - Short Mission to Brussels
April 12, 1944 - Halesworth - Strafing mission to Oldenburg
April 13, 1944 - over Kaiserslautern, Germany - Escort Mission to Munich. 2 FW190 shot down (25 total)
April 18, 1944 - Boxted, Essex - The 56th Fighter Group relocates to Boxted, Essex
May 1, 1944 - Boxted, Essex - Promoted to Major
May 8, 1944 - Boxted, Essex - 1 Me109 and 1 FW190 shot down over Celle (27 total). Johnson is ordered to return to the United States
June(?) 5(?), 1944 - West Iceland | Greenland | Newfoundland, Canada - Johnson departs for the United States aboard a Skymaster, via West Iceland, Greenland and Newfoundland
June 6, 1944 - LaGuardia Airport, New York | Washington D.C. - Returns to the United States. He is immediatly taken with his wife to Washington
June 7(?), 1944 - Washington D.C. - Robert S. Johnson meets President Roosevelt and members of Congress. Later he meets Major Richard Bong
June 11, 1944 - Post Field, Oklahoma - Johnson and his wife depart to Oklahoma
September 1(?), 1944 - Abilene, Texas - Commands an OTU at Abilene until the end of World War II
November 1, 1945 - Farmingdale, Long Island, N.Y. (?) - Joins Republic Aviation for sales and flight test
May 13, 1947 - Birmingham, Alabama (?) - Commands the 514th troop carrier group
January(?) 1(?), 1949 - ? - Becomes President of the Air Force Association (until 1951). Promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel
October 25, 1951 - Panmunjon, South Korea - Sits in on the first Korean War "Peace Meeting"
November 27, 1951 - Panmunjon - Both sides of the War agree upon a Military Demarcation Line
January(?) 1(?), 1958 - Oklahoma(?) - Collaborates with aviation author Martin Caidin to write his autobiographical story
May 1(?), 1961 - ? - First P-47 meeting
January(?) 1(?), 1964 - Lake Wylie, South Carolina - Johnson becomes an insurance executive
February 3, 1977 - Roslyn, N.Y. - Deputy commander of the 26th Air Div.
December 15, 1983 - Oklahoma - Aviation and Space Hall of Fame induction banquet
October 4, 1995 - Lake Wylie, South Carolina - Barbara Ellen Morgan dies, aged 72
February 21, 1997 - Spartenburg, South Carolina - Robert S. Johnson, along with Maj.Gen. John Alison and Capt. T. Hugh Winters are honored at an event
December 24, 1998 - Lawton, Oklahoma - Robert S. Johnson collapses while on a visit with family members and is hospitalized
December 27, 1998 - Tulsa, Oklahoma - Robert Samuel Johnson dies, aged 78 =(END)
Bibliography
JOHNSON, Robert S. and CAIDIN, Martin - Thunderbolt! (1958)
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