RODNEY "ROD" FLANDERS - PHILIPPINES, Autumn 1944
RODNEY "ROD" FLANDERS - PHILIPPINES, Autumn 1944
2nd Lt., 5th AF, USAAF
Earned the "DAMAGE" Ace Ability
| EVENT | Miss # | Mission Type | Flight Position | Kills | Type of Kills | Number of times shot down | Escort Points | Status | Ace Ability | |
| CSW-2006 | 1 | Escort B-25J | P-47D Wm | 1 | N1K1-J | 0 | +2 | Active | --- | |
| CSW-2006 | 2 | Escort SB2C | P-47D Wm | 0 | None | 0 | +2 | Active | --- | |
| CSW-2006 | 3 | Escort SB2C | P-47D Wm | 1 | Ki-84-1A | 0 | 0 | Active | --- | |
| CSW-2006 | 4 | Escort SB2C | P-47D Ldr | 2 | 2 Ki-84-1As | 0 | +1 | Active | --- | |
| CSW-2006 | 5 | Escort B-24J | P-47D Ldr | 2 | 2 N1K1-Js | 0 | -2 | Active | --- | |
| CSW-2006 | 6 | Escort B-25D | P-47D Ldr | 0 | None | 0 | +2 | Active | D | |
| CSW-2006 | 7 | Escort B-24J | P-47D Ldr | 0 | None | 1 | 0 | KIA | D | |
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TOTALS |
7 | 6 | 3 N1K1-Js | 3 Ki-84-1As | 1 | +5 | KIA | D | ||
PILOT HISTORY:
Assigned as wingman to his brother, 1st Lt. Todd Flanders.
Assigned section (element) leader starting from mission 4 after 1st Lt. T. Flanders was KIA.
Shot down 2 Japanese Naval aces on mission 5: 8-kill ace, Lt. Jg. Genji Hamasu and future ace Lt. Jg. Noburi Negishi.
Shot down and killed by 9-kill Japanese Naval ace, Lt Jg. Genji Hamasu, on mission 7.
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