Lloyd Houston Rodgers Jr
Military
MACR 3030
Object Number - UPL 7346 - SSG Lloyd H. Rodgers. Date and location unknown at this writing. Photograph provided by the family one of his sons.
After being crippled by flak after bombing the target at Klein Machnow, Berlin and then being attacked by fighters, B-17G #42-39872 'Rubber Check' made a belly landing N of Halenbeck on 6 Mar 1944. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
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Units served with
![Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378743.jpg.webp?itok=HBB0lqjl)
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rubber Check
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 6 March 1944
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
San Francisco, California, USA | 2 December 1919 | |
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Enlisted |
San Francisco, California, USA | 16 October 1941 | |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 6 March 1944 - 8 May 1945 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16f |
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Died |
Los Gatos, California, USA | 24 June 1983 | (aged 63) |
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Buried |
Los Altos, California, USA | 28 June 1983 | Gate Of Heaven Catholic Cemetery Veterans Section, Row 5, Grave 541 |
Revisions
Headstone Inscription shows rank as "T/Sgt." (Technical Sergeant).
nickname & born
Added Nickname, Born, Died and Buried events per Find-a-grave Memorial ID 141239357.
See location of POW event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added POW camp info to the POW event from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3030, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
