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Personal info

Full name
ROGERS, Layne Jr
Date of birth
20 July 1922
Age
21
Place of birth
Albemarle County, Virginia
Hometown
Cook County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
O-449098
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
Pilot
Unit
701st Bombardment Squadron,
445th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Missing in Action
Date of death
20 April 1944
Place of death
Wizernes, France

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Tablets of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Layne Rogers (father)
Marianne Rogers (mother)
Enid Lucas (Cousin)

Plane data

Serial number
42-109921
Data
Type: B-24J
Destination: Wizernes, France
MACR: 4056

More information

1st Lt Layne Rogers, Jr. attended Hyde Park High School. He attended Virginia Military Institute for one year.

Over the target of Wizernes, France, I saw 42-109921 from our group get hit by flak. The tail was shot off and the ship peeled off and spun down. Three chutes were seen.

The picture was taken in high school in 1937.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Terry Hirsch, www.wwiimemorial.com, Virginia Birth Index

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Hyde Park High School 1937, Virginia Military Institute 1941