Robert M Johnston

"RM"   He was known as RM. . . . WWII Pilot, Artist Extraordinaire. . . Ret LTC and "farmer" on his large farm in Penna.

340thBG, 488thBS, RM Johnston was a USAF Col Ret, a B-25 Pilot during WWII in the MTO. ***** Story to come with pictures on this Pilot, RM later made many-many wonderful paintings other them his B-25 ones :)

Barbi Ennis Connolly, 57th Bomb Wing Historical Researcher. PRINCESSBARBI_B25@msn.com  

RM was a splendid Artist, These are his ART Drawings from the 340th Bomb Group, 488th Bomb Squad in the MTO /WWII North Africa, 1943-44

My father was Lt C. A. Anderson, http://www.warwingsart.com/12thAirForce/488thCrews04.jpg .  He was a navigator/bombardier.  He passed in 2009.  He rarely spoke of his wartime service and shortly after his death I received the few war items he did save.  As a child the one thing I remembered was that he said he flew missions in a plane called "Patches."  Well, long story short, I tracked him to the 488th and while digging around on the internet I stumbled across a photo of FO Johnston standing next to his B-25 named "Patches."

My father flew with the 488th from June - November of 1943.  The Squadron History shows he flew five missions with FO Johnston on two different planes, 8E - 42-32461 and 8L - 42-64545.

I'm afraid there's not much I can add to Colonel Johnston's history.  Perhaps someone can add to my fathers.