Robert Hayne Rogers
MilitaryAssigned to 20BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. 45? x missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 18-Aug-44 in B-17 44-6275; #4 on fire, crashed Adriatic Sea. MACR 7683. Killed in Action (KIA)
Awards: AM (2OLC) , PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 16104314
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 42004198
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: O-757652
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 19069699
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 20th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
- Service Numbers: 38453163
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Florence American Cemetery, Tavarnuzze, Italy
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
12 October 1920 | BornSaluda County, South Carolina | |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Adriatic Sea | 18 August 1944 | Killed in Action (KIA)Adriatic Sea |
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Buried Tablets of the Missing |
Florence American Cemetery and Memorial Florence, Toscana, Italy | 1 January 1946 | Tablets of the MissingFlorence American Cemetery and MemorialFlorence, Toscana, Italy |