Eric James Rodger Updated: 01 NOV 2012
Airman: e777345.htm Surname: Rodger Init: E J Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 7
P_link: p049.htm Plane: STI W7441 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Lillebælt
Crash_d: d290941 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN
Den 29. september 1941 kl. 18.50 startede
STI W7441 fra RAF Oakington for at lede bomberstyrken til målet Stettin (Szczecin
her). Sergeant Eric James Rodger, 26 år, var søn
af William og Agnes Rodger, Dundee; gift med Isabella J. F. Rodger, Downfield,
Dundee, United Kingdom. 29 år senere skrev Alec Donaldson sin
beretning om hvordan flyet blev skudt ned og han
selv blev taget til fange.
STI W7441 styrtede i Lillebælt
herher den 29. september
1941. Den 31. oktober 1941 blev en mand uden hoved fundet drevet ind på Anslet
Strand omkring
her.
Den 29/9 2012 blev en mindesten
afsløret
her
for 3 omkomne flyvere fra
STI W7441
ved siden af
Mindesten for 6 omkomne flyvere fra
Lancaster I R5702.
On 29 September 1941 at 18.50 hours
STI W7441 took off
from RAF Oakington to lead bombers to the target
Stettin (Szczecin
here). Sergeant Eric James Rodger, 26, was the
son of William and Agnes Rodger, of Dundee, and the husband of Isabella J. F.
Rodger, of Downfield, Dundee, UK. 29 years later Alec Donaldson wrote
his account about how the plane was shot down and
how he was captured.
STI W7441 crashed into the Lillebælt
her on 29 September 1941. On 31 October 1941 a man without his head was
found drifted ashore on Anslet Beach about
here. On 29 SEP 2012 at 14.00 hrs a memorial stone to the 3 perished airmen from
STI W7441 was unveiled
here next
to Monument to 6 airmen from Lancaster I R5702. |