General Leon William Johnson was a United States Air Force general who was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading the attack on the Ploesti oil fields during World War II.
General Leon W. Johnson
B-24s over Ploesti in the attack on the Ploesti oil fields
Johnson donating his uniform to Col. Robert Ceruti, commander of the 44th Strategic Missile Wing, at a ceremony held at Ellsworth Air Force Base (1983)
Johnson receiving his Medal of Honor from Lieutenant General Jacob L. Devers in a ceremony at RAF Shipdham
The 93rd Operations Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 93rd Air Control Wing, stationed at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The unit was inactivated on
Wing E-8 J-STARS aircraft
328th Bomb Squadron Consolidated B-24D-1-CO Liberator Serial 41-23711 "'Jerks Natural". This aircraft was lost over Austria 1 October 1943. MACR 3301
328th Bomb Squadron Consolidated B-24J-55-CO Liberator Serial 42-99949 on a mission to Friedrichshafen Germany during August 1944. This aircraft was lost over Belgium on 21 September 1944, MACR 9662
329th Bomb Squadron B-24D-5-CO 41-23809 "Hellsadroppin' II", landing at RAF Hardwick 21 December 1943. This plane was declared 'War Weary' and transferred to the 448th Bomb Group to be used as its formation assembly ship and was carried three different names during its time there and was painted with a black and yellow checkerboard pattern over the whole plane. Photo taken 15 December 1943. She was condemned as salvage on Jan. 15,1945.