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L/Air. David Johnson
Royal Air Force 84 Squadron
Leading Aircraftman David Johnson was born on 15th June 1913. He was in a reserve occupation and married with a pregnant wife when in January 1941 he joined the Royal Air Force to do his bit. His service records show that he was five feet three and a half inches tall, aged twenty seven with fair hair and blue eyes and from Lower Broughton. Salford. He was recruited at RAF Padgate and trained at Cranwell College.
After completion of his training he was posted to India with the newly raised 2 Flight Indian Air Force. Then posted to the Care and Maintenance party, RAF Santa Cruz, Bombay. He spent some time at the Station Sick Quarters at Ratmalana Ceylon suffering with Malaria (no dates known), Finally serving with 84 Squadron 7084 Servicing Echelon Based in India. MO84S.E. In total he served five years with the RAF from January 1941 to February 1946 when he was eventually demobbed.