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Robert Samuel Johnson was a fighter pilot with the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. He is credited with scoring 27 victories during the conflict flying a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.
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The Republic Aviation Corporation was an American aircraft manufacturer based in Farmingdale, New York, on Long Island. Originally known as the Seversky Aircraft Company, the company was responsible f
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…and reflects credit upon himself, the 8th Air Force, and the United States Army Air Forces. After the war, Johnson became the chief test pilot for Republic Aviation, maker of the P-47, where he worked as an engineering executive for 18 years, and served as national president of the Air Force Association from 1949…
A 1943 advertisement for REPUBLIC AVIATION from Flight & Aircraft Engineer magazine