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Missing Air Crew Report 829
Military Record · United States Army Air Forces · 1943 · Missing Air Crew Reports
The Man Behind the Name
§ Biography
2nd Lt. Rollo F. Rudgers (listed on the MACR as "Budgers" due to a clerical error) served as bombardier aboard B-24D 41-23111. He completed a casualty questionnaire describing the events of 9 October 1943.
Rudgers reported that the navigator, Lt. Shafer (actually Crater by the MACR crew list), left the nose compartment at approximately 1400 hours, went up to the flight deck, and then opened the bomb bay doors and jumped. The bombardier was on the flight deck when the aircraft landed in Sweden. He was interned and subsequently returned to duty.
Service record.
§ As Catalogued
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Position
Bombardier
Serial Number
O-733104
Missions flown.
1 catalogued · 09 Oct 1943
The missions below are those we have been able to document for this airman, drawn from flight logs, mission records, and archival sources. It is not necessarily a complete account of every mission flown; gaps may reflect missing documentation, transferred assignments, or records lost to time.
№
Date
Target
Aircraft
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09 Oct 1943
Danzig, Germany (submarine pens)
41-23111
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Sources.
§ Provenance
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record
United States Army Air Forces · National Archives and Records Administration · 1943
Official record