Deputy Commanding Officer, 401st Bomabardment Group (H)
Colonel Harris E. Rogner was the original Deputy Commander of the 401st Bombardment Group. He completed ten missions as Group Air Commander and was the 94th Wing Air Commander on the 29 April 1944 mission to Berlin, described as "the biggest blow ever struck on the Reich capitol."
On 8 October 1944, Colonel Rogner was appointed Commanding Officer of the 457th Bomb Group (a sister group of the 401st in the 94th CBW), where he served with distinction in that capacity through the end of the War.
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