Guy C Rogers
Military
Guy Rogers Crew
458th BG - 754th BS
Shot down 6 March 1944 on their first mission
Standing Left to Right: Guy Rogers (P), Ray Fiebiger -(TT/E), Marvin Lademan (BTG) , Virgil Morrow (WG), Frank Proteau (CP)
Kneeling Left to Right: John Hightower(N) , Marvin Wilson (TG), Leroy Smith (R/O), Joseph Root (B)
466th BG Historian
Object Number - UPL 16195 - Crew #46 Guy Rogers Crew 458th BG - 754th BS Shot down 6 March 1944 on their first mission Standing Left to Right: Guy Rogers (P), Ray...
B-24H #42-52515 crashed W of Berlin after exploding in mid-air due to direct hits from flak over Berlin on a mission to Genshagen near Berlin on 6 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19087765
- Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16160272
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37231073
- Highest Rank: Technician Fourth Grade
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-811244
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Ford's Folly
- Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Missoula, Montana, USA | 22 February 1918 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Obermaßfeld, 98617 Obermaßfeld-Grimmenthal, Germany | 6 March 1944 - 15 January 1945 | Obermassfeld Hospital #1249 (Stalag 9-C) Repatriated due to his serious injuries in 15 January 1945 |
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Other Shot Down - Wounded |
Glindow, Werder (Havel), Germany | 6 March 1944 | As you know our target that day was Berlin. We were unhit until immediately after dropping our bombs. Marvin was in the ball turret at the time. A rocket or incendiary shell came through the floor and exploded by my left arm. It immediately set fire to the airplane and my clothing at the same time. The nearest fire extinguisher was in the compartment near the radio. I left the co-pilot flying the ship and got out of my seat to go back after it. In getting out of the seat I fell on my hands and knees just as the gasoline-soaked floor mat caught on fire. Just a few seconds later the airplane exploded – due to the gasoline in the wing tanks. Apparently the co-pilot and myself didn’t receive the full force of the concussion because we were only blown out by the explosion. The co-pilot was completely unhurt, but I sustained facial burns and a broken leg which was later amputated. I later saw the co-pilot on the ground and although the Germans wouldn’t allow us to talk I did succeed in asking him if he’d seen any of the other boys. He said he had seen no one else. We were separated shortly afterwards and I didn’t see him again. |
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Died |
Missoula, MT, USA | 12 December 1996 | Guy C. Rogers died of natural causes on Dec. 12, 1996, at Community Medical Center in Missoula. He was postmaster in Missoula until his retirement in 1972, was president of the Montana Postmasters Organization and a member of the state legislature from Missoula County. |
Revisions
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3351 / MACR 3351, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces & Page 281 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010 & 458bg.com / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database