Rodgers, JCA
Title
Rodgers, JCA
Description
Two oral history interviews with Flight Lieutenant Joseph Clement Augustine 'Roger' Rodgers DFC (- 2016, Royal Air Force).
He flew operations as an air gunner.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by John Howard and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.
He flew operations as an air gunner.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by John Howard and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.
Date
2014
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Brown, J-3
Collection Items
Interview with Roger Rogers. Two
Roger Rogers’ real name was Joseph Clement Augustine Rogers but was renamed by his crew as Roger. Although he was in a Reserved Occupation he was determined to join the RAF having been fascinated by aviation since childhood. He lied about his age to…
Interview with Roger Rogers. One
‘Roger’ Rogers trained as a rear gunner. On one operation he saw what he describes as a salmon in the sky above their aircraft. This was the reflection of fires below on the metal of the German aircraft. As it manoeuvred to attack Roger managed to…
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