Date: 26/27th April 1943.
Unit: No. 75 Squadron R.A.F.
Type: Stirling I
Serial: BF517
Coded: AA-O
Location: 30 miles north of Duisburg.
Air.Gnr. Sgt. Brian Arthur Rogers. R.A.F.V.R. 1384342. Age 22. Killed.
REASON FOR LOSS:
Attacked by night-fighter. On the night of 26/27th April 1943, rear gunner Sgt. Rogers was mortally wounded and two other crew members suffered minor wounds, when their Stirling was attacked 30 miles north of the target of Duisburg. The pilot P/O P J Buck, managed to evade further attacks but had difficulty in maintaining altitude. Other crew members jettisoned all movable equipment on the flight home, a crash-landing being made at Newmarket without furthur injury.
Luftwaffe Night-fighter 20mm cannon shell and 7.9 bullet damage, to Stirling BF517.
BURIAL DETAILS:
Sgt. Brian Arthur Rogers. R.A.F.V.R. 1384342. City of London Cemetery and crematorium, Manor Park. Screen wall. Square 241. Coll grave 108018.
Son of Arthur John and Evelyn Laura Rogers, of Leyton.
