Harris Edward Rogner

Military
Black and white posed headshot of man wearing a uniform of a jacket, shirt, and tie. There are silver wings on the upper left-side of the jacket. There are aviation insignia pins on the jacket lapels, and an eagle on the shoulder lapels.  Subject is looking right in lens and is not smiling UPL 60262 UPL 60262 Col. Harris E. Rogner, 457th BG

Object Number - UPL 60262 - Col. Harris E. Rogner, 457th BG

Assigned to 303BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Transferred to 457BG, 8AF USAAF.



Awards: LOM, DFC (5OLC), AM (3OLC), Croix de Guerre (Palm Leaf), WWII Victory, EAME, Korean and UN Medal.



Post war: Remained in USAF serving in Korean conflict, killed in B-29 landing accident Dec-51.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
Unofficial emblem of the 457th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Places

The mission board of the 457th Bomb Group. Official caption printed on image: '(GM-299-2-457)(16/5/45)(Op's Board's).'
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Connington

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Pennsylvania, USA 15 August 1914 Son of H E and Mary A Rogner.

Died

Barksdale Air Force Base, LA 18 December 1951 B-29 crashed on landing, short of the runway. Barksdale Air Force Base, LA.

Buried

West Point Cemetery West Point, NY 21 December 1951 United States Military Academy Post Cemetery West Point, Orange County, NY Section IX, Site 42

Other

Academy education

West Point MA, USA Class of '38' West Point MA.

Based

Glatton Transferred to 457BG, 8AF USAAF.

Based

Deenethorpe Transferred to 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
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Sources

Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- 1993 457th BGA Roster;
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia.

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