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
TOTALS	7			6	3 N1K1-Js	3 Ki-84-1As	1	+5	KIA	D

PILOT HISTORY:

• Assigned as wingman to 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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