Sergeant Herbert A. Rhoads was radio operator on board of a C-47 tail number 41-18418 and participated in "operation Fustion". The mission was dropping British paratroopers during the night of 13-14 July 1943 on a dropzone south of Catania, Sicily.
The plane was shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire.
All crewmembers were killed and buried in the temporary American GELA Cemetery, Sergeant Rhoads was buried in grave I-97-1164. After the war his remains were repatriated and buried in the Milford Ceneter Cemetery, Milford, Ohio.
I am writing a book about the GELA Cemetery, where over 1,200 men and women were buried between July 1943 and April 1947. Hope to finish my book this year, 2015
The plane was shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire.
All crewmembers were killed and buried in the temporary American GELA Cemetery, Sergeant Rhoads was buried in grave I-97-1164. After the war his remains were repatriated and buried in the Milford Ceneter Cemetery, Milford, Ohio.
I am writing a book about the GELA Cemetery, where over 1,200 men and women were buried between July 1943 and April 1947. Hope to finish my book this year, 2015
Sergeant Herbert A. Rhoads was radio operator on board of a C-47 tail number 41-18418 and participated in "operation Fustion". The mission was dropping British paratroopers during the night of 13-14 July 1943 on a dropzone south of Catania, Sicily.
The plane was shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire.
All crewmembers were killed and buried in the temporary American GELA Cemetery, Sergeant Rhoads was buried in grave I-97-1164. After the war his remains were repatriated and buried in the Milford Ceneter Cemetery, Milford, Ohio.
I am writing a book about the GELA Cemetery, where over 1,200 men and women were buried between July 1943 and April 1947. Hope to finish my book this year, 2015
The plane was shot down by enemy anti-aircraft fire.
All crewmembers were killed and buried in the temporary American GELA Cemetery, Sergeant Rhoads was buried in grave I-97-1164. After the war his remains were repatriated and buried in the Milford Ceneter Cemetery, Milford, Ohio.
I am writing a book about the GELA Cemetery, where over 1,200 men and women were buried between July 1943 and April 1947. Hope to finish my book this year, 2015
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