The story
Name: R M RODGERS
Rank: Lieutenant (E)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 800 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Emperor
Date of death: 1944-08-22
Aircraft: Hellcat
Place of death: Bezieres, South of France
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES - Bouches-du-Rhone
Commemoration details: Plot 3, Row E, Grave 43
Family details: Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Rodgers, Royal Artillery, and Constance Rodgers; husband of Jeannette Hilda Rodgers, of Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire
Rank: Lieutenant (E)
Official number: -
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 800 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Emperor
Date of death: 1944-08-22
Aircraft: Hellcat
Place of death: Bezieres, South of France
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: MAZARGUES WAR CEMETERY, MARSEILLES - Bouches-du-Rhone
Commemoration details: Plot 3, Row E, Grave 43
Family details: Son of Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Rodgers, Royal Artillery, and Constance Rodgers; husband of Jeannette Hilda Rodgers, of Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire
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