Floyd Joel Gordon Rodmyre
Military
Object Number - UPL 32955 - Cadet Floyd Rodmyre, 1st Lt Floyd Rodmyre
Flight leader 308th FS 31st FG flying Spitfire MK Vb, Mk VIIIHF & MK IX and the P-51B Mustang.
North Africa, Palermo
Was one of the few who started on the P-39 Airacobra, was able to switch to the British Spitfire, and then flew the P-51 Mustang. Ended his service by training others to fly the P-47.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force Twelfth Air Force Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 308th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-667089
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 308th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-667106
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 350th Fighter Group 308th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-401549
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot/Squadron Commander
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 31st Fighter Group 308th Fighter Squadron
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Born |
Minnesota | 4 November 1920 |
Revisions
JCook Archives
jrp 042118
type-o, correction, jrp
JR Payfer, 042118
JRPayfer, daughter
JRPayfer, submitted 042118
This is his daughter edo ting this info. I have his medals & certificates. Can send a picture of them if desired.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
