Name:
Raymond L. Rodgers
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-869601
Unit:
417th Night Fighter Squadron
Date of Death:
1944-11-02
State:
Illinois
Cemetery:
Rose Hill Cemetery, Mount Carmel, Illinois
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Purple Heart
Comments:
2nd Lt Raymond L. Rodgers, radio operator of the Beaufighter BT287 "Sad Sack II", took off from Dijon on a transport mission to Istres-le Vallon. However, a bad blizzard made them lose their bearings and crash into a mountainside at 2100.