Rogerson, Harold William

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Rogerson, Harold William ‡ ⇗
Rank	Private / Staff Sergeant
Serial Number	11088680 ‡
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 6th Service Squadron, per 1774th Ordnance Supply and Maintenance Company (Aviation) Initial Roster, effective 1 July 1943. Assigned to the 546th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #143, effective 21 July 1944.
Duty	Ball Turret Gunner
MOS	413 - Motor Inspector
Last Duty Date	27 December 1944
Results	Killed In Action Final Resting Place or Memorial: Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England: Plot F Row 1 Grave 140
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 16 February 1916 Promoted from Private to Technician Fifth Grade per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #20 dated 28 May 1943. Promoted from T/5 to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #24 dated 3 June 1943. Reclassified from MOS 413 to MOS 014 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #162, EXTRACT, dated 13 August 1944. Reclassified from MOS 014 to MOS 612 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #172, EXTRACT, dated 28 August 1944. Placed on seven days Temporary Duty (TD) to Southport, AAF Station 524 (a Flak house) on 20 October 1944 to carry out the instructions of the Commanding General per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #207 dated 19 October 1944. Promoted to Sergeant per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #180 dated 9 September 1944. Promoted to Staff Sergeant effective 26 November 1944 per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #233 dated 26 November 1944.

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 30 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
182⇗	18 August 1944	Target: Tactical: Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Vise, Belgium	Ball Turret	42‑102500⇗	Combat Mission Credit High section deputy, high group. Sortie Report⇗
184⇗	25 August 1944	Target: Airfield & Airpark Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Anklam, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
185⇗	26 August 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗
188⇗	5 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at Manston due to battle damage: flak shot out hydraulic system. Sortie Report⇗
190⇗	9 September 1944	Target: I. G. Farben Chemical Works Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Dropped eight bombs on target; four after target (equipment malfunction). Sortie Report⇗
191⇗	10 September 1944	Target: BMW Motor Component Parts Plant Type: Industry Location: Sindelfingen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97251⇗	Combat Mission Credit Hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
194⇗	13 September 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97251⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
196⇗	19 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hamm, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107083⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
197⇗	21 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mainz, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
198⇗	25 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
200⇗	27 September 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (PFF Aiming Points) Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Flying Spare, Returned As Briefed Low group Sortie Report⇗
201⇗	28 September 1944	Target: Steelworks Type: Industry Location: Magdeburg, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
203⇗	2 October 1944	Target: Ford Motor Works Type: Industry Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38548⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
206⇗	6 October 1944	Target: M/T Factory Type: Industry Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit A group. Sortie Report⇗
208⇗	9 October 1944	Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑107121⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
209⇗	11 October 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Fourth Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
211⇗	15 October 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
217⇗	1 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38766⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
218⇗	2 November 1944	Target: Ruhr-Chemie A.G. Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade (Holten), Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
220⇗	5 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
221⇗	6 November 1944	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
223⇗	9 November 1944	Target: Ground Installations Type: Military Location: Ouvrages de Sorbey (Metz), France	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
224⇗	10 November 1944	Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑37713⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group, Low Squadron. Hot Camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
226⇗	16 November 1944	Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron flying spare, 41st Bomb Wing A group; joined formation. Landed away at Stratford, due to weather. Sortie Report⇗
227⇗	20 November 1944	Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑97510⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
228⇗	23 November 1944	Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102933⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
231⇗	27 November 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Offenburg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38766⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at White Waltham with two engines out; reason unknown. Sortie Report⇗
234⇗	2 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Oberlahnstein, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38616⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
235⇗	4 December 1944	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑102501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
239⇗	12 December 1944	Target: Leuna Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Merseburg, Germany	Ball Turret	43‑38501⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
244⇗	27 December 1944	Target: Bridge (Tactical) Type: Transportation Location: Altenahr, Germany	Ball Turret	42‑31484⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sustained battle damage and attempted to land away at RAF Manston, Kent. Crashed into aircraft in the dispersal area and exploded, killing the entire crew. Sortie Report⇗

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