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Oris B Johnson
| Major General Oris B Johnson (deceased) Oris Baker Johnson was born in 1920 in Ashland, Louisiana. He graduated from high school in Natchitoches, Louisiana in 1935 and entered Louisiana State Normal College where he majored in chemistry and physics. After receiving his bachelor of science degree in 1939, he taught for one year in Mer Rouge, Louisiana. Oris Baker Johnson entered the Army Air Corps in November 1940 as an aviation cadet and received pilot training at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Randolph and Kelly fields, Texas. He graduated, receiving his wings in July 1941. He then served as a pilot at several air bases in the United States. He assumed command of the 422nd Night Fighter Squadron and took them into combat in Europe. The squadron was equipped with the P61 and under his command they received the Presidential Unit Citation for their combat service during the Battle of the Bulge in the winter of 1944. He led the squadron throughout its combat operations in Europe. After the war he was assigned to the Tactical Air Command, and in July 1946 was transferred to Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. Oris Baker Johnson was assigned in August 1947 to Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., in the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, where he served in the Fighter Branch and later as chief of the Air Defense Division. During the Korean War in April 1951, he was assigned to Headquarters Far East Air Forces in Tokyo, Japan, and became director of requirements, Directorate of Operations. He returned to the United States in October 1953 to begin a series of assignments with Aerospace Defense Command (then Air Defense Command) and took command of the 501st Air Defense Group at OHare International Airport, Chicago. In January 1956 he was assigned to Air Defense Command Headquarters at Ent Air Force Base, Colorado, where he served initially as chairman of the Distant Early Warning Operations Warning Group and then as special assistant to the deputy for operations. In August 1957 General Johnson was reassigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force and served in the Directorate of Operations and as chief, Weapons Systems Division in the Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Air Defense Systems. During 1960 under the U.S. Air Force-Royal Air Force exchange program, he was a student at the Imperial Defence College in London, England. After completing the course, he assumed duty in December 1960 with Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Wiesbaden, Germany. During this tour of duty he served as the assistant deputy chief of staff for operations. In August 1963 he returned to the United States as commander of the Washington Air Defense Sector based at Fort Lee, Virginia. In February 1966 General Johnson returned to Ent Air Force Base as director of operations for North American Air Defense and Continental Air Defense Command and in August 1966 he assumed command of the 9th Aerospace Defense Division, ADC. The division became the Fourteenth Aerospace Force in July 1968. He became commander of the 313th Air Division, with headquarters at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, in August 1969. General Johnson again was assigned to Aerospace Defense Command in September 1971 in the position of deputy chief of staff material, Aerospace Defense Command. General Johnson retired on the 1st of August 1973. His military decorations and awards include the Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with six oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Presidential Unit Citation Emblem, Air Force Outstanding Unit Award Ribbon, French Croix de Guerre with star, and the Belgian Fourragere. Major General Johnson passed away on 14th September 1999. |
Items Signed by Major General Oris B Johnson (deceased) |
| Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian. Price : £160.00 | The Black Widow is a formidable creature. It lurks in the dark, carefully chooses its moment of attack and strikes unseen, cutting down its prey with deadly certainty. Northrop could not have chosen a more apt name with which to christen their new...... | |
| Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian (AP) Price : £220.00 | The Black Widow is a formidable creature. It lurks in the dark, carefully chooses its moment of attack and strikes unseen, cutting down its prey with deadly certainty. Northrop could not have chosen a more apt name with which to christen their new...... | |
| Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian. (RM) Price : £400.00 | The Black Widow is a formidable creature. It lurks in the dark, carefully chooses its moment of attack and strikes unseen, cutting down its prey with deadly certainty. Northrop could not have chosen a more apt name with which to christen their new n...... | |
| Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian. (XX) Price : £120.00 | The Black Widow is a formidable creature. It lurks in the dark, carefully chooses its moment of attack and strikes unseen, cutting down its prey with deadly certainty. Northrop could not have chosen a more apt name with which to christen their ne...... | |
| Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian. (Y) Price : £130.00 | The Black Widow is a formidable creature. It lurks in the dark, carefully chooses its moment of attack and strikes unseen, cutting down its prey with deadly certainty. Northrop could not have chosen a more apt name with which to christen their new n...... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of Major General Oris B Johnson (deceased) |
| Nicolas Trudgian Combat Over Europe Aviation Prints Pack. Pack Price : £500.00 Saving : £380 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian. Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian Victory Over the Rhine by Nicolas Trudgian. End Game by Nicolas Trudgian. Dinah Might by Ivan Berryman. (C) | |
| Special Sale Pack of 5 Prints - 4 FREE! Pack Price : £170.00 Saving : £220 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian. The Struggle for Malta by Ivan Berryman. (F) LCT 312 by Ivan Berryman. (D) Typhoons Over Normandy by Ivan Berryman. (D) Dinah Might by Ivan Berryman. | |
Nicolas Trudgian Air Combat Art Prints. Pack Price : £220.00 Saving : £190 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian. Checkertail Clan by Nicolas Trudgian | ||
P-61 Black Widow Aviation Art Prints by Stan Stokes and Nicolas Trudgian. Pack Price : £210.00 Saving : £135 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Bite of the Black Widow by Stan Stokes. (B) Twilight Conquest by Nicolas Trudgian. |
Squadrons for : Major General Oris B Johnson (deceased) | ||
A list of all squadrons known to have been served with by Major General Oris B Johnson (deceased). A profile page is available by clicking the squadron name. | ||
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Country : US Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of 422nd Night Fighter Squadron | 422nd Night Fighter Squadron Full profile not yet available. |
Aircraft for : Major General Oris B Johnson (deceased) | |||
A list of all aircraft associated with Major General Oris B Johnson (deceased). A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | |||
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| Black Widow The P-61 Black Widow built by Northrop was the first operational American military aircraft designed specifically to use the new technology of radar, The Black Widow twin engine, all-metal aircraft was used primarily as a night fighter by the United States Army Air Force squadrons in all theatres of world war two. It replaced earlier British-designed night-fighter aircraft that had been updated to incorporate radar when it became available. The P -61 Black Widow of the 548th NFS aircraft Lady in the Dark on the night of 14th August 1945, was unofficially credited with the last Allied air victory before victory over Japan was declared and the end of world war two. |
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