Walter John Rogers Jr

Military

Assigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest with Ed Jones crew 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. Pilot signalled to abandon the crippled plane, A/C exploded. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 6439



Awards: AM (OLC), PH.

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Units served with

Nose art of a B-24 Liberator (serial number 44-94866) nicknamed "Red Hot Riding Hood" of the 490th Bomb Group at Eye. This aircraft was transferred to the 15th Air Force in December 1944, where it served with the 456th Bomb Group.

456th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-51077

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Emperor Jones
  • Unit: 456th Bomb Group 744th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Tuscaloosa, AL 12 April 1924 Son of Walter J Rogers Sr and Bonnie Rogers [Snider] Toxey.

Enlisted

Fort McClellan, AL 7 April 1943 Fort McClellan, Alabama

Died

Vicinity Budapest, Hungary 2 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Shell Oil Refinery, Budapest with Ed Jones crew 2-Jul-44; attacked and mauled by Fw190‘s. A/C exploded. KIA MACR 6439

Buried

Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial St Avold, France Plot K Row 29 Grave 29

Based

Stornara 2 July 1944 Assigned to 744BS, 456BG, 15 AF USAAF.

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