Cherokee County AlArchives Military Records.....Johnson, Emory Glover October 22, 1943
WWII Army Air Corps, 359th Fighter Group, 8th Air Force
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U.S. Army Air Corp, 8th Air Force, Europe

AAC First Lieutenant Emory Glover Johnson, of Centre, Cherokee County Alabama


                           ACTIVITY DURING WWII

 
FIGHTER PILOT. FIRST LIEUTENANT. Enlisted in the ARMY AIR CORPS ON OCTOBER 22, 
1943. Served with the 359TH FIGHTER GROUP, 8TH AIR FORCE in the EUROPEAN 
THEATRE. Stationed at THETFORD, EAST ANGLIA, GREAT BRITAIN. Flew the P-51 
MUSTANG Fighter in a total of 67 COMBAT AIR MISSIONS. AWARDED the EUROPEAN 
THEATRE of OPERATIONS RIBBON WITH 4 STARS, 2 DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS MEDALS, 
7 AIR MEDALS PLUS THE PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION OF THE 359TH FIGHTER GROUP. 
DISCHARGED IN LATE 1945. 


Additional Comments:
Emory Glover Johnson was the only known native of Cherokee County Alabama to 
have become a Fighter Pilot during World War II. He was born in Centre. After 
the war he established a general aviation business in Cherokee County and 
became an agricultural crop duster.

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