Robert S. Johnson

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Robert Samuel Johnson
Nickname(s)	"Bob"
Born	(1920-02-21)February 21, 1920 Lawton, Oklahoma
Died	December 27, 1998(1998-12-27) (aged 78) Tulsa, Oklahoma
Buried	River Hills Community Church Lake Wylie, South Carolina
Allegiance	United States
Service/branch	United States Army Air Forces United States Air Force Reserves
Years of service	1941–1946
Rank	Lieutenant Colonel
Unit	56th Fighter Group 61st Fighter Squadron
Battles/wars	World War II Korean War
Awards	Distinguished Service Cross Silver Star Distinguished Flying Cross (9) Purple Heart Air Medal (4) Distinguished Flying Cross (United Kingdom)

Robert Samuel Johnson (February 21, 1920 – December 27, 1998) was a fighter pilot with the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) during World War II. He is credited with scoring 27 victories during the conflict flying a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt.

Johnson was the first USAAF fighter pilot in the European theater to surpass Eddie Rickenbacker's World War I score of 26 victories. He finished his combat tour with 27 kills. He was later credited by the Eighth Air Force claims board with a 28th victory when a "probable" was reassessed as a "destroyed", then reduced back to 27 when a post-war review discovered that the Eighth Air Force had inadvertently switched credits for a kill he made with a double kill made by a fellow 56th Fighter Group pilot, Ralph A. Johnson, on November 26, 1943, a day when Robert Johnson aborted the mission after takeoff. (Their army serial numbers were also nearly identical, O-662216 and O-662217.)