Posted By Moofy (Yvonne)UK on October 10, 2005 at 06:33:29:
In Reply to: Ruthie R, or Ruthie II posted by Janet Rodebaugh Sharp on October 09, 2005 at 19:29:27:
: If anyone has a picture of the plane the Ruthie R. or the Ruthie II flown out of Steeple Morden, England in 1944 or 1945. I would appreciate a copy. The plane was flown by Charles Rodebaugh. It would be with the 354fg or the 355fg.
Hi Janet,
Lt. Charles Rodebaugh was with the 355thFG/354thFS.
P-51D 'Ruthie R' serial# 44-63677
P-51D 'Ruthie ll' serial# 44.63767
From Peter Randall's 'Little Friends' Web Site,
there is a lovely picture of the 2nd Scouting Force Operational Group, Lt. Charles Rodebaugh is in the second row.
URL..
http://216.109.124.98/search/cache?y=y&p=Lt.+Charles+Rodebaugh&ei=UTF-8&meta=vl%3D&fl=1&vl=&u=www.littlefriends.co.uk/2sf.html&w=lt+charles+rodebaugh&d=cC7ouGFULkrk&icp=1&.intl=uk
Also a lovely photo of Lt. Charles Rodebaugh stood by his aircraft on the Web-Birds Web Site.(Which I presumed you or one of your family donated to the web site).
URL..
http://www.web-birds.com/8th/355/dad&plane.jpg
Cheers,
Moofy