Edward Rogers
Pacific Aviation Author & Research
Edward Rogers is nautical archaeologist and military historian. He studied archaeology at Georgia Southern University, completing his Bachelor's degree. He obtained his Master's in underwater archaeology at Texas A&M University where he studied under George F. Bass. He has spent the past 20 years helping to excavate, conserve and study the worlds oldest known shipwreck (14th century BC) at Uluburun, Turkey.
He teaches part time at his alma mater Georgia Southern University. He has toured airfields, crash sites and battlegrounds of Papua New Guinea, New Britain and Northern Queensland, Australia.
He is currently the historian for the 3rd Bombardment Group (3rd B) and is one of the co-authors of Harvest of the Grim Reapers Volume I: The Illustrated History of the 3rd and 27th Bomb Groups During World War II Volume I: Prewar to December 1942. He has also worked with the 40th Fighter Squadron (40th FS) Association to research the histories of their MIA pilots.
He has interviewed dozens of WWII veterans since 2003 and has worked with families off the missing to research their cases and help them apply for information and medals previously awarded.
Edward has contributed significantly to Pacific Wrecks over the past decade doing original research, providing photographs and information about hundreds of aircraft, pilots and location. In addition, he works with the authors including William H. Bartsch, John Darnton, David Vincent, Richard L. Dunn, Bruce Gamble, Donald M. Kehn, Bob Alford, Robert Piper, Osamu Tagaya, John D. Lukacs and Larry J. Hickey.
His research has contributed to the following published works:
- Harvest of the Grim Reapers: The Illustrated History of the 43rd Bombardment Group During World War II
Volume I: Prewar to October 1943 The B-17 Era (2021) by Lawrence J. Hickey, Edward M. Rogers and Osamu Tagaya
- Ken’s Men Against The Empire: The Illustrated History of the 43rd Bombardment Group During World War II
Volume II: October 1943 to 1945 B-24 Era (2019) by Lawrence J. Hickey, James T. Pettus, Osamu Tagaya, Edward M. Rogers, Madison Jonas
- Ken's Men Against The Empire: The Illustrated History of the 43rd Bombardment Group During World War II
Volume I Prewar to October 1943 The B-17 Era (2016) by Lawrence J. Hickey, Madison D. Jonas, Edward M. Rogers, Osamu Tagaya
- Revenge of the Red Raiders: The Illustrated History of the 22nd Bombardment Group During World War II (2006) by Walter Gaylor,
Don L. Evans, Harry A. Nelson and Lawrence J. Hickey
- Operation PLUM: The Ill-fated 27th Bombardment Group and the Fight for the Western Pacific (2008) by
Martin and W. Stephenson
- Every Day a Nightmare: American Pursuit Pilots in the Defense of Java, 1941-1942 (2010) by William H. Bartsch
- The RAAF Hudson Story: Book Two (2010) by David Vincent
- Fortress Rabaul: The Battle for the Southwest Pacific, January 1942 - April 1943 (2010) by Bruce Gamble
- Almost a Family: A Memoir (2011) by John Darnton
- Darwin's Air War 1942 - 1945: An Illustrated History Commemorating The Darwin Air Raids (Rev Ed 2011) by Bob Alford
- Exploding Fuel Tanks - Saga of Technology That Changed the Course of the Pacific Air War (2011) by Richard L. Dunn
- 2nd Lt. Howard C. Welker Story 40th Fighter Squadron Association by Edward Rogers, 2006 [via Wayback Machine August 8, 2008]
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