Miller, the mayor of Walthamstow, as a memorial to the dead pilot, 1943.īlackhorse Action Group Article - THE PILOT WHO SAVED EDWARD ROAD - On Sunday the 22nd of November 1942 Second Lieutenant Harvey Dalton Johnson of the United States Army Air Corps was on a supply flight over London when his Spitfire suffered mechanical problems (reportedly an engine fire). At the service in his memory, US Colonel Towle hands a piece of the Spitfire's propeller to Mrs E.M. He chose to stay with the plane and guide clear of the houses in Edward Road rather than to bale out and save his own life. Harvey Johnson died when his Spitfire crashed into a nearby playing field. The residents of Edward Road in Walthamstow gather at a memorial service held in memory of Second Lieutenant Harvey Johnson of the United States Army Air Corps.
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