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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 (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)
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran...
Squadron
Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator / Group Navigator
Assigned to 562BS, 388BG, 8AF USAAF. Rodgers Crew. 27 x combat missions. According to J. Hallam, the radio operator, Flohr was killed just before a mission. The crew were waiting beside the aircraft in a tent. Flohr said that he was going off to get a...
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Tail Gunner
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.
DFC/ AM w/ 3 Oak Leaf Cluster/ PUC
Military | Technical Sergeant | Engineer
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.
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio Operator
4 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.
Military | Staff Sergeant | Waist Gunner
24 AUG 1943 after takeoff from N. Africa, shuttlerun to Regensburg, ac B17 42-30230 'Homesick Angel' ran out of gas and crashed in cornfield in Suffolk.
Military | Staff Sergeant (Technician Third Grade) | Ball Turret Gunner
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.
Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot
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.
Military | Staff Sergeant (3rd Grade) | Waist Gunner
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.
Military | Captain | Bombardier
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.
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Lt. Colonel.
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 27/4/43; Bangor 15/6/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 23/6/43 TECH SUPPLY; crash landed base ex-Pas De Calais 24/12/43, Salvaged 2/6/45. WAILUIKU MAID.
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
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| 04 December 2017 23:47:47 | 466thHistorian | Created entry with collection, caption, unit associations, person associations, place associations and aircraft associations |
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