Robert Selby Rodgers was the son of Hugh Byron Rodgers and Mary Isabelle Selby Rodgers. He was serving in WWII and he died in the far east in a bomber crash. He was buried in South Lawn 3 May 1949.
He graduated from Coshocton High School, Exeter Academy and Miami University, and was employed at the Fairmont Creamery Company in Cleveland for several years before entering the service.
2nd Lt Rogers was a bombardier on B-24 bombers, assigned to the 19th Bombardment Group, 435th Bombardment Squadron. He was aboard plane #AL508, which was making a test flight of a newly fitted aerial radar unit. Shortly after take-off from Essendon airfield in Victoria Australia, smoke started to fill the plane and the engines caught fire. The pilot turned around to attempt a landing at the airfield and ended up having to make a hard wheels-up landing.
Rogers was killed and the rest of the men aboard were injured, several receiving serious burns.
(contributed by Eric via email)
He graduated from Coshocton High School, Exeter Academy and Miami University, and was employed at the Fairmont Creamery Company in Cleveland for several years before entering the service.
2nd Lt Rogers was a bombardier on B-24 bombers, assigned to the 19th Bombardment Group, 435th Bombardment Squadron. He was aboard plane #AL508, which was making a test flight of a newly fitted aerial radar unit. Shortly after take-off from Essendon airfield in Victoria Australia, smoke started to fill the plane and the engines caught fire. The pilot turned around to attempt a landing at the airfield and ended up having to make a hard wheels-up landing.
Rogers was killed and the rest of the men aboard were injured, several receiving serious burns.
(contributed by Eric via email)
Robert Selby Rodgers was the son of Hugh Byron Rodgers and Mary Isabelle Selby Rodgers. He was serving in WWII and he died in the far east in a bomber crash. He was buried in South Lawn 3 May 1949.
He graduated from Coshocton High School, Exeter Academy and Miami University, and was employed at the Fairmont Creamery Company in Cleveland for several years before entering the service.
2nd Lt Rogers was a bombardier on B-24 bombers, assigned to the 19th Bombardment Group, 435th Bombardment Squadron. He was aboard plane #AL508, which was making a test flight of a newly fitted aerial radar unit. Shortly after take-off from Essendon airfield in Victoria Australia, smoke started to fill the plane and the engines caught fire. The pilot turned around to attempt a landing at the airfield and ended up having to make a hard wheels-up landing.
Rogers was killed and the rest of the men aboard were injured, several receiving serious burns.
(contributed by Eric via email)
He graduated from Coshocton High School, Exeter Academy and Miami University, and was employed at the Fairmont Creamery Company in Cleveland for several years before entering the service.
2nd Lt Rogers was a bombardier on B-24 bombers, assigned to the 19th Bombardment Group, 435th Bombardment Squadron. He was aboard plane #AL508, which was making a test flight of a newly fitted aerial radar unit. Shortly after take-off from Essendon airfield in Victoria Australia, smoke started to fill the plane and the engines caught fire. The pilot turned around to attempt a landing at the airfield and ended up having to make a hard wheels-up landing.
Rogers was killed and the rest of the men aboard were injured, several receiving serious burns.
(contributed by Eric via email)
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