Name:
Marion Coleman Rogers
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
34276719
Unit:
547th Bomber Squadron, 384th Bomber Group
Date of Death:
1943-09-16
State:
Mississippi
Cemetery:
Pine Grove cemetery, Dumas, Mississippi
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
Sgt Marion Coleman Rogers, left waist gunner of the B-17 42-5849 “Hell’s Belles II”, took off from station 106 Grafton Underwood, Northamptonshire, UK at 1145 on a bombing mission over Nantes. However, it was fired upon by fighters and flak, and its engine caught on fire. Part of the plane landed in Meriais and the rest (wing and engine) landed near Fougeray. The plane was only partially evacuated.