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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Lloyd P Humphries
Military
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Captain Lloyd P. Humphries Command Pilot 388th BG - 562nd BS
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.
Service
People
Units served with
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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
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-30213 Lil' One
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 29/4/43; Gore 9/5/43; Sioux City 10/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Dow Fd 15/6/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 1/6/43; crashed on take off for Bremen after encountering mechanical problems 13/11/43 with Bob Simons, Co-pilot: Alvin... -
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... -
42-30661 'Veni, Vidi, Vici'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Assigned to the Herbert W. Moore Crew. The Moore Crew flew her on 20 of her 32 combat missions. ... -
42-30793 'Tom Paine'
B-17 Flying Fortress
Named Tom Paine after a famous soldier who served in the American Army during the War of Independence after the airmen of the 562nd after they found out that he had been born in the nearby town of Thetford. Was chosen to promote Anglo-American co... -
42-3295 Tech Supply / Wailuiku Maui
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.
Associated Place
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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 |
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| Born | Gilbert, AZ, USA | 15 November 1918 |
| Died | Coolidge, AZ, USA | 23 October 2008 |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 15 February 2020 22:06:55 | jmoore43 | Changes to biography |
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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" for clarity. |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 06 December 2017 02:02:54 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, role, events, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://www.388bg.info/servlet/Controller?pageType=detail&id=388-I-HUM03-... |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:19:02 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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AccidentReports.com, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.254-5 with picture of plane / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia |
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