41-24512 Rose ODay

media-40809.jpeg UPL 40809 1Lt Ralph Almon Felton, Jr, Pilot on B17F 41-24512 'Rose O' Day' 322th Bomb Squadron 91st Bomb Group . Aircraft sustained damage from repeated fighter attacks and crashed into North Sea just west of the southern tip of Texel Island, Holland.

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Object Number - UPL 40809 - 1Lt Ralph Almon Felton, Jr, Pilot on B17F 41-24512 'Rose O' Day' 322th Bomb Squadron 91st Bomb Group . Aircraft sustained damage from repeated...

Assigned 322BS/91BG [LG-N] Bangor 1-Sep-42; Bassingbourn 29-Sep-42; Missing in Action (MIA) 7+m Hamm 4-Mar-43. Aircraft sustained repeated attacks by fighters and crashed into the North Sea just of the southern tip of Texel Island, Holland. The crew was ordered to bale out, but most landed in the sea and were lost. Co-pilot: 1LT Harold E. Kious rescued by ferryboat Dr Wagemaker, and then captured as a POW. Missing Air Crew Report 3721. ROSE O'DAY.



P 1LT Ralph A. Felton, Jr. (KIA); CP 1LT Harold E. Kious (POW)

N 1LT William D. Toole (KIA); B 1LT William H. Hylton (KIA)

E/TTG Elio Traverso (KIA); RO SSGT Robert M. Paul (POW)

BTG SSGT Robert J. Larson (KIA); WG SSGT Walter L. Bliven, Jr. (KIA)

WG SSGT Braden C. Griffin (POW); TG SSGT Andrew H. Burnett (KIA)

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Units served with

Unofficial emblem of the 91st Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 31113488
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39083968
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 659686
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 13038480
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 91st Bomb Group 322nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 15083002
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

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Failed to Return (FTR)

Texel, Netherlands 4 March 1943 Sustained damage from fighter attacks and crashed on the tip of Texel Island, Holland.

Revisions

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ContributorLee8thbuff
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Lee Cunningham 23-Jun-2015. Added Markings, FTR event and edited Description converting dates to militray-style signification, added loss details per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE; added rank, crew position, fill propername and dispositions for all crew and formattted crew display per MACR 3721.

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ContributorAAM
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Dave Osborne, B-17 Fortress Master Log / MACR 3721 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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