Edward John Rogers Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOURNavigator, Schrader Crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 June 1943 in B-17 #42-30027. Mission #3 to Hamburg, Germany. MACR 162. Killed in Action (KIA). The aircraft crashed near Bensersiel, Germany. His body was never recovered. Recorded on the Tablets of the Missing and Lost at Sea in Cambridge AMC.
Kansas City, MO
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16040203
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-734511 (12045921)
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-416653
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18043589
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
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Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Kansas City, KS, USA | 3 January 1942 | |
Other Killed in Action |
Bensersiel, Germany | 25 June 1943 | |
Born |
Kansas City, Missouri | ||
Based |
Ridgewell | 25 June 1943 | |
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing and Lost at Sea |
Revisions
All entries by ARowe95 are from:
381st BGMA
533rd Bomb Squadron War Diary
242nd Medical Detachment Diary
MACR 162
Fold.3
Find-A-Grave
NARA Enlistment records
They Came from Over the Pond - David Osborne
The Mighty Men of the 381st - James Good Brown
Triumphant we Fly - Ken Stone
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 1620 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia