Donald Eldon Rouse

Military
media-40964.jpeg UPL 40964 Jay Ossiander's crew. L-R Back Row: Penrose Reagan, Angelo Virgona, George Clarke, Donald Rouse, Ancil Anderson, Tommy Higdon.

Jay Ossiander's Crew Photograph with names.

Object Number - UPL 40964 - Jay Ossiander's crew. L-R Back Row: Penrose Reagan, Angelo Virgona, George Clarke, Donald Rouse, Ancil Anderson, Tommy Higdon.

Assigned to 605BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 31-Jul-44 in B-17 42-107092 'Umbriago' Interned (INT)





Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-755401
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12088200
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Freckles, Umbriago
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Darlington, MO 17 May 1913 Son of Richard R and Mary E [Kinney] Rouse.

Enlisted

Fort Leavenworth, KS 13 April 1943 Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

Other

Interned (INT)

Switzerland 31 July 1944 Damaged by flak and landed in Switzerland on 31-Jul-44 in B-17 42-107092 'Umbriago' Interned (INT)

Died

17 June 1967

Buried

Rouse Cemetery Darlington, Gentry County, MO 20 June 1967 Rouse Cemetery Darlington, Gentry County, Missouri

Based

Deenethorpe 31 July 1944 Assigned to 605BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Revisions

Date
ContributorBill Buskey
Changes
Sources

Jay Ossiander Crew Photograph.

Date
ContributorAAM
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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7825 / MACR 7825, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3058 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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