{"id":3903,"date":"2018-12-21T22:12:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T04:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/?page_id=3903"},"modified":"2018-12-21T22:12:02","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T04:12:02","slug":"oliver-s-johnson","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/people\/oliver-s-johnson\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver S. Johnson"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<p>Aviation Cadet Oliver S. Johnson was a classmate of Tom&#8217;s in pilot training (Class of 44-D).\u00a0On April 1, 1944, Oliver S. Johnson, while flying an AT-6B &#8220;Texan&#8221;, Serial #\u00a0\u00a041-17353, was killed in a crash impact with the ground at Gila Bend, Arizona.<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 447px; height: 370px;\" border=\"0\" width=\"174\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" span=\"2\" width=\"87\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 16.0pt;\">\n<td style=\"height: 16.0pt; width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\" height=\"21\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3904\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3904\" style=\"width: 221px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aviation-Cadet-Oliver-S.-Johnson.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3904\" src=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aviation-Cadet-Oliver-S.-Johnson-221x300.jpg\" alt=\"Aviation Cadet Oliver S. Johnson\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aviation-Cadet-Oliver-S.-Johnson-221x300.jpg 221w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Aviation-Cadet-Oliver-S.-Johnson.jpg 648w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 221px) 100vw, 221px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3904\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aviation Cadet Oliver S. Johnson, 1923-1944<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\">\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_3898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3898\" style=\"width: 192px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oliver-S.-Johnson.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3898\" src=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oliver-S.-Johnson-192x300.jpg\" alt=\"Oliver S. Johnson, AVIATION CADET, U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS, WORLD WAR II. Killed piloting AT-6B &quot;Texan&quot; #41-17353 in a crash at the Gila Bend Gunnery Range, Maricopa County, Arizona.\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oliver-S.-Johnson-192x300.jpg 192w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Oliver-S.-Johnson.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 192px) 100vw, 192px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oliver S. Johnson<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>He is listed in &#8220;Lt. Gadget&#8221;, the class graduation book for the Class of 44-D at Luke Field, outside Phoenix, Arizona. One page is dedicated &#8220;In Memoriam&#8221;, and includes both A\/C Johnson, and his five other classmates who died in training:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A\/C Wolcott R. Hall<\/li>\n<li>A\/C Allen E. McFarland<\/li>\n<li>A\/C Remo J. Marchetti<\/li>\n<li>A\/C Lynn I. Springer<\/li>\n<li>A\/C Charles C. Smith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3905\" style=\"width: 648px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luke-Field-Class-of-44-D-Memorium.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3905\" src=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luke-Field-Class-of-44-D-Memorium.jpg\" alt=\"Luke Field Class of 44-D Memoriam\" width=\"648\" height=\"884\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luke-Field-Class-of-44-D-Memorium.jpg 648w, https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/wp-content\/uploads\/Luke-Field-Class-of-44-D-Memorium-220x300.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 648px) 100vw, 648px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luke Field Class of 44-D Memoriam<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aviation Cadet Oliver S. Johnson was a classmate of Tom&#8217;s in pilot training (Class of 44-D).\u00a0On April 1, 1944, Oliver S. Johnson, while flying an AT-6B &#8220;Texan&#8221;, Serial #\u00a0\u00a041-17353, was killed in a crash impact with the ground at Gila Bend, Arizona. He is listed in &#8220;Lt. Gadget&#8221;, the class graduation book for the Class &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brooksidepress.org\/cartmell\/people\/oliver-s-johnson\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Oliver S. 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