Henry J Rodgers
Military
388th BG - 562nd Bomb Squadron
B-17F-45-BO #42-3295 "Tech Supply"
Standing L to R: Jerome I. Flohr (N), Henry J. Rodgers (P), L.B. Lewis (CP), Seldon B. Smith (B)
Kneeling L to R": William D. Sawyer (WG), Kelly Hill (WG), Edward C. Pawlicki (BTG), Jack Smith Ford (TG), Joseph E. Hallam (R/O), Edward L. Franklin (FE) 388th Bomb Group collection
Object Number - UPL 30843 - Henry J. Rodgers Crew 388th BG - 562nd Bomb Squadron B-17F-45-BO #42-3295 "Tech Supply" Standing L to R: Jerome I. Flohr (N), Henry J. Rodgers...
24 AUG 1943 after takeoff from N. Africa, shuttlerun to Regensburg, A/C B-17 #42-30230 'Homesick Angel' ran out of gas and crashed in cornfield in Suffolk.
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- Date: 5 November 1943
![An Illustration of the Wilhelmshaven raid, 3 November 1943. Image stamped on reverse: '10 Nov 1943.' [stamp], '292478.'[Censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'THE BIGGEST EVER DAY RAID: By US Fortresses and Liberators on Wilhelmshaven- escorted all the way by fighters. Special Sphere drawings. THE SCENE OVER WILHELMSHAVEN JUST AS OUT BOMBERS WERE LEAVING THE TARGET ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMVER 3RD. AFTER THE BIGGEST DAYLIGHT RAID EVER CARRIED OUT OVER GERMANY. IN THE TOP RIGHT HAND OF THIS DRAWING, LIGHTNING](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-418517.jpg.webp?itok=KjJP-yi2)
- Date: 3 November 1943
![Three B-17 Flying Fortresses of the 94th Bomb Group are attacked by a Nazi Fighter aircraft during a mission. Printed caption on reverse of print: 'A-62641 USAF: Nazi fighter plane attacking Boeing B-17 "Flying Fortresses" during a bomb run over enemy installations somewhere in Europe, 10 September 1944. 100th[sic] Bomb Group, 3rd Bomb Division. U.S. Air Force Photo.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-408505.jpg.webp?itok=zJwHCUjh)
- Date: 14 October 1943
- Date: 10 October 1943
- Date: 9 October 1943
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| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Pennsylvania, USA | 1 October 1916 | |
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Enlisted |
Pittsburgh, PA, USA | 11 March 1942 | |
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Other 388th BG Combat Tour |
Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 24 July 1943 - 20 December 1943 | |
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Other Mission |
Stanton, Bury Saint Edmunds IP31, UK | 24 August 1943 | Crash landed in a field due to lack of fuel after a shuttle mission from North Africa |
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Other Mission |
Yelverton PL20, UK | 16 September 1943 | After bombing LaPallice, France, was forced to land at RAF Harrowbeer due to low fuel |
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Died |
Pennsylvania, USA | 26 July 1977 | |
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Buried |
Lower Burrell, PA 15068, USA | 30 July 1977 | Greenwood Memorial Park • Lower Burrell, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Westmoreland County, PA, USA |
Revisions
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.254-5 with picture of plane