Jack Smith Ford | American Air Museum in Britain

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)

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A bomber crew of the 388th Bomb Group, and their mascot "Peggy", with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-3295) nicknamed "Tech Supply". Handwritten caption on reverse: 'L to R: J I Flohr, H J Rodgers, P Lewis, S B Smith, W Sawyer, K Hill, E Pawlicki, J Ford, J Hallam, E Franklin, "Peggy".'

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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

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Henry Rodgers

Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
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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388th Bomb Group

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...
562nd Bomb Squadron

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42-30230 Homesick Angel

B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 30/4/43; Sioux City 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 17/6/43; following Regensburg shuttle mission suffered battle damaged over Bordeaux on return trip to base 24/8/43, with Lloyd...
42-3295 Tech Supply / Wailuiku Maid

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.
42-39861 Ramp Tramp

B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Long Beach 23/9/43; Gr Island 13/10/43; Assigned 561BS/388BG Knettishall 26/10/43; sal 31/5/45.

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Knettishall

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...

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Harmony, North Carolina	14 February 1923
388th BG Combat Tour	Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK	24 July 1943 – 20 December 1943
Lived in	Caldwell County, NC, USA	1946
Enlisted	Fort Bragg, NC, USA	14 February 1946
Re-enlistment
Died	Florida, USA	4 February 2005
Buried	Bushnell, FL 33513, USA	8 February 2005
Florida National Cemetery • Bushnell, Sumter County, Florida, USA Plot Sec 1D ROW 2A, Site 2

Date	Contributor	Update
15 February 2020 22:20:42	jmoore43	Changes to biography
Sources
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity.
Date	Contributor	Update
06 December 2017 01:32:02	466thHistorian	Changes to events
Sources
http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-PAW02-...
Date	Contributor	Update
05 December 2017 05:07:09	466thHistorian	Changes to middlename, highest rank, awards, events, place associations and aircraft associations
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49687186/jack-s-ford http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-FOR03-...
Date	Contributor	Update
27 September 2014 18:13:54	AAM	AAM ingest
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.254-5 with picture of plane

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