John Rogers [aged 23] was the pilot of an Airspeed Oxford Mk II aircraft which took off from RAF Kinloss, Morayshire on Thursday 28^th September 1939 when it crashed at Lethen Bridge, SE of Nairn, Morayshire. Both crew members were killed.

John was subsequently buried in Birmingham (Lodge Hill) Cemetery.

Elder son of Rupert James Rogers & Emily Minnie Rogers of Edgbaston, Birmingham.

A copy of this story is available to download here.

See also the Commonwealth War Graves Commission permanent digital memorial, ‘Evermore: Stories of the fallen’ relating to:- P/Officer John Rupert ROGERS