ROGERS, Douglas
| Service Numbers: | S14709, 416722 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 August 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer |
| Last Unit: | No. 180 Squadron (RAF) |
| Born: | Edmonton, England, 11 November 1919 |
| Home Town: | Wayville, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Goodwood Public School South Australia (1931-33) |
| Occupation: | Settlement Clerk |
| Died: | Flying Battle, near Hawkinge Kent United Kingdom, 25 January 1944, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Plot 4. Row M. Grave 17. Local Roll of Honour- Adelaide South Australia |
| Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S14709, Royal Australian Engineers, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Drafted as an 'Eligible Male' | |
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| 15 Aug 1941: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sapper, S14709, Royal Australian Engineers, Drafted into the Militia as an 'Eligible Male' he subsequently transferred to the RAAF | |
| 16 Aug 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman 2 (WW2), 416722, RAAF Initial Training School | |
| 24 Aug 1942: | Embarked Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 416722, Embarked Sydney for U.K. | |
| 28 Nov 1943: | Promoted Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer | |
| 15 Dec 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Warrant Officer, 416722, No. 180 Squadron (RAF), Air War NW Europe 1939-45, Killed in action returning from a raid over Europe |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Graham Padget
Douglas Rogers born in Edmonton England was the son of Edward Joseph and Josephine Ellen Howard Rogers, of Plympton, South Australia
Warrant Officer Douglas Rogers B-25 Mitchell aircraft FL218 took off from RAF Dunsfold on January 1944, detailed to take part in an attack on Zudausques. Heavy anti-aircraft fire was encountered over the target area and FL 218 was hit. The aircraft was seen with the starboard engine smoking badly near North Foreland at about 8,000 feet at approximately 1010 hours, but the pilot was able to get the aircraft back to within one mile of Hawkinge and then found he was unable to make a safe landing, so he ordered his crew to abandon the aircraft. It appears that he was preparing to abandon the aircraft, but it went out of control before he could bale out. It crashed about 2 kms north north west of Hawkinge about 1015 hours.
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