First Lt. Gerald W. Johnston's B-17 was shot down by German fighters on January 14, 1945. He was last seen at the controls of the plane, having told the rest of the crew to bail out.
Wayne Johnston was just 16 months old when his father was killed. He spoke with The National WWII Museum in 2012 about his father.
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