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P47 Pilots Biographies, Last Name Starting With "R"
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Pilot Name
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Biography Summary
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Robbie Roberts Jr.
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Memorable Experience: Flying C-47 to Dinjan from Teng-Chung through severe thunderstorm at
11,000'. Only 1 of 4 crew members not to be
knocked unconscious due to storm. Grapefruit size hailstones dented and bent the wing.
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John C. Robertson
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Flying on the deck, usually at
Military Power, over unfamiliar desert terrain, John always got the flight to the action (often, lots of it) and back to the airfield,
being used that day. Flight tactics evolved quickly, as did maintenance, armament and everything else that could be achieved by a
group of men who had laid it all on the line.
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George Rockwell
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My uncle, George Rockwell, was a P-51 pilot in WW II with the 363 recon group 29th TAC of 9th airforce( I think I got that right). he is currently in Connecticut.
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Edward F. Roddy
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He was credited with eight
confirmed enemy aircraft destroyed (airborne) and many more on the ground. Just
prior to the invasion of Luzon, he managed to
get airborne during a red alert at dawn with
one wingman (C. Andress). Although
delayed to provide base defense cover until
the assigned P38s were airborne, they headed
for Clark Field where they caught a row of
new Georges (4-bladed prop) refueling.
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Herbert J. Rogers
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May 1965 Buck was in Saigon, Vietnam as
Director of Defense Analysis at Ton Son
Nhat. The high lite of this tour was briefing
General Westmoreland weekly!
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John J. Rogers
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Low-level support was given to Tank and
Armoured Equipment for breakthrough
from Normandy across France as the 404th
Fighter Group hopscotched from air strip to
air strip until the Allied front line was stabilized in West Germany. For several months he flew missions from the Belgian Air Base
near St.Trond into Germany until final
victory. His occupation base was Kassel,
Germany.
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Harley Rollinger
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Lt. Rollinger's plane
was critically damaged on his third pass on
the field. After gaining control of the plane,
he set course for the bomb line. He could not
sustain altitude, and it was soon obvious that
the plane could not be saved. Since there was
a very limited area that was not covered with
timber, the plane was virtually flown into the
ground to slow it down within the only
available clearing.
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Leaman L. Rosenberg
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I believe seven of my missions were
bomber support missions and I had two
109's to my credit and numerous trains,
guns, bridges, etc. destroyed. A mission that
sticks out in my memory was a mission when
my wing man ran very low on gas in enemy
territory and I took him back to friendly
lines where he bellied the aircraft in.
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Marvin Rosvold
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Downed by ground fire on 65th Mission
while strafing the Argentan-Falaise gap.
Rejoined Squadron to complete 12 additional trips for a total of 77. Awarded the istinguished Flying Cross, Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 13 Oak Leaf Clusters and the
Distinguished Unit Citation. Confirmed l/2
ME-109 Destroyed.
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Charles E. Rowe
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Transferred to 6th Ferry Group, 14th Ferry Squadron, Long Beach,California, May 1943. On first trip, delivered C-47 to Fairbanks, Alaska to Russians
complete with Jeep, Trailer and other equipment as cargo. Red Star was painted over White Star at Great Falls, Montana just prior
to flying it out of the states. Spent next year
flying P-51's from Inglewood, California to
Newark, N.J., and other destinations for
overseas deliveries. Also delivered P-47's
from Evansville, Indiana, C-47's from Douglas at Long Beach, California etc. to various points throughout the states.
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