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Johnson, Howard Ravenscroft
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Operation Barras
By William Fowler
SOE in the Third Reich: Special Operations Executives German Section in WW2
An official history
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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 15904" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Johnson </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Howard Ravenscroft ("Jumpy")</em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>501 Parachute Infantry Regiment (Commanding Officer) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Colonel </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>0-016647 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>8th October 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>41 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 11 Site 79 SH </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>from Washington,D.C.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Mary Johnson (2 children)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born 18.6.1903 Maryland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>graduated Central High School,Washington,D.C.</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>attended Annapolis Naval Academy</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>left for USAAC pilot training (failed)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Army 1920s-30s</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>offered command of FSSF but turned it down</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>501 PIR (C.O.) November 1942</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>award Silver Star</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>WIA near Heteren,Holland</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>DOW 2 hours later </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-r-johnson.33893/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33893-cb74f5fa98859ed877767f1faca7e13e.jpg?1600453759" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-r-johnson.33894/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/33/33894-f6d0a3c73c86b09ba157bf129f2320d7.jpg?1600453855" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/h-johnson.6518/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/6/6518-0964fe0a102da51ce9a79cd8c3dee176.jpg?1591388781" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="width: 300px; height: 300px" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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