42-30377 Rodger the Lodger II
Object Number - UPL 19553 - 42-30377 'Rodger the Lodger II' and groundcrew.
Delivered Cheyenne 21/5/43; Gore 25/5/43; Gr Isle 4/6/43; Dow Fd 27/6/43; Assigned 412BS/95BG [QW-R] Horham 12/7/43; with Ralph Eherts force landed RAF Hensridge 4/10/43 (18m); Missing in Action Marienburg 9/10/43 with Ralph Eherts, Co-pilot: John Burdick, Navigator: John Nelson, Bombardier: Bob Wing, Flight engineer/top turret gunner: Grant Allen, Radio Operator: Bill Piispanen, Ball turret gunner: Lew Rabinowitz, Waist gunner: Walter Queen, Waist gunner: Ralph Bates, Tail gunner: Jim Anderson (10KIA, seven bailed but two chutes on fire, the other perished in the water); enemy aircraft KOd #2 then another KOd #3 exploded mid air, crashed North Sea, NW of Heligoland; Missing Air Crew Report 854. ROGER THE LODGER II.
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- Date: 28 July 1943
- Date: 26 July 1943
- Date: 25 July 1943
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Crashed |
Henstridge, Templecombe, Somerset BA8, UK | 4 October 1943 | Force landed RAF Hensridge 4/10/43. Pilot Lt Ralph Eherts. |
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Crashed Failed to Return (FTR) |
Heligoland, Germany | 9 October 1943 - 9 October 1943 | Missing in Action Marienburg 9/10/43. Enemy aircraft KOd #2 then another KOd #3 exploded mid air, crashed North Sea, NW of Heligoland; (10 x KIA) Missing Air Crew Report MACR854. |