We flew into Linguyen Gulf many times and those of us who saw it wondered why Lt. Col. Gerald R, Johnson's P-38 had 25 victories, five Japanese flags across and five down with an Aussie flag right in the middle.
2006-12-27 01:45:02 · 2 answers · asked by emery@ameritech.net 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
22 Victories scored, 11 in each of two tours, with the 49th FG. Johnson included an Australian Victory flag on his "tally board" displayed on his last P-38 - On November 15, 1943, Johnson had shot down a RAAF Wirraway recon/fighter (resembling a North American AT-6 Trainer or a Mitsubishi Zero from head-on!) in a head-on pass after being advised over the R/T by ground control that the Australians had left the combat area and Japanese Zeros had entered. The Wirraway pilot, RAAF Flight Officer Stewart managed to crash-land and was not seriously harmed. Johnson Air Base, Japan is named after Col. Johnson.
2006-12-27 02:05:34 · answer #1 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe accidently shot an Aussie plane down. It has happened where one plane has got into the fireing line of another,then
getting shot down.
2006-12-27 01:53:38 · answer #2 · answered by thresher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋