Robert S. Johnson

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Lieutenant Colonel Robert Samuel Johnson (21 February 1920 to 27 December 1998) was a USAAF fighter pilot during World War II. He is credited with scoring 27 victories during the conflict flying a P-47 Thunderbolt. Robert S. Johnson was the first USAAF fighter pilot in the European theater to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I score of 26 victories. He finished his combat tour with 27 kills, was later credited by the Eighth Air Force claims boar ...