Floyd R Rogers

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-33767.jpeg UPL 33767 Floyd R ("Rudolph") Rogers

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Object Number - UPL 33767 - Floyd R ("Rudolph") Rogers

Damaged by flak over the target and later again on the return from a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944, B-24H #42-64457crashed in the North Sea after the crew baled out. Killed in Action (KIA). Rogers' name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery.

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Units served with

Colonel Larry Thomas of the 453rd Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Col Larry Thomas 453BG.'

453rd Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-64457

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 453rd Bomb Group 733rd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

6 March 1944

Born

Williamstown, South Carolina, USA

Other

Killed in Action (KIA)

North Sea 6 March 1944

Revisions

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ContributorLucy May
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http://www.abmc.gov/node/542484#.WxVhuT-WyM8

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ContributorRodneyinSC
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I am his nephew. He was known popularly by his middle name, "Rudolph."

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ContributorAAM
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2971 / MACR 2971, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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Object number: UPL 33767 - Floyd R ("Rudolph") Rogers