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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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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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Fred Rubidge
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At briefing that morning they said
that orders came down from 12th Tac. (provisional) headquarters and were not to fire on any enemy aircraft or ground positions
unless fired upon, with no exceptions. That
same morning he spotted a lone aircraft 1000ft. below and peeled off to investigate from astern. It was an F.W.-189 with black crosses
and all. He flipped on the gun switch, but the
German just kept flying level with no evasive
action. Finally he pulled in close on the 189s
right wing and the startled German did a 90
degree turn to the left and to this day is
probably wondering why the Jug pilot failed
to shoot him down and so is the Jug pilot.
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Mauride E. Ruby
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He went through military training in 1943-1944 and graduated in the class 44-E at Aloe Field in Victoria, Texas. He went to P-47 training at
Bruning, Nebraska. He went overseas on
November, 1944, and joined the 27th Fighter Group, 523rd Fighter Squadron which
was in Italy at the time - later moved to
France and then moved across Rhine River to
Biblis, Germany for last months of European
War.
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Martha Davis Rupley
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I bought a Piper SuperCruiser, learned to
fly, joined the Civil Air Patrol, and managed
to get into the local Civilian Pilot Training
Program, the only girl. After Nancy Love
formed the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying
Squadron (WAFS) in Wilmington, Del., Jacqueline Cochran, together with General
H.H. Arnold, planned the women's flight
training program. I applied, was accepted,
and reported to Houston in mid-December,
1942, for primary, basic, advanced, multi-engine, night, and instrument flying.
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John L. Rutherford
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After
transition and aerial gunnery, 2nd Lt. Rutherford
was sent to the European Theater of
Operations where he joined the "411th
Squadron, 373rd Fighter Group as a replacement
pilot in August, 1944. He and his
buddies, Jack Reynolds and Bill Shepherd,
asked for the 373rd because they heard a
rumor that the Group was living in a chateau
in France. Actually that 9th Air Force Group
was living in tents at a Pierce-plank strip
(A-13), near Caen, France.
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