Rowland Barkley Houston
Military ROLL OF HONOURAssigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. TDY 9AF USAAF 26-Jun-43. Completed tour of duty prior to Ploesti mission. Volunteered to fly the mission, due to the importance of it to the war effort. Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 1-Au-43 in B-24 42-40995 'Satans Hellcats'; A/C set afire and crashed after target. Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 2416/3147
Awards: DFC, AM (OLC), PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14037452
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-885283
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11047450
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Togglier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39826757
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Flight Engineer / Top Turret
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12054076 / O-796608
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Satan's Hell Cats
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 1 August 1943
- Official Description:
Places
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Oklahoma City, OK | 5 October 1919 | Son of Oscar E. Houston and Annette E. [Rowland] Mann |
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Enlisted |
18 January 1942 | ||
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Based |
Shipdham | 8 June 1942 - 1 August 1943 | Assigned to 68BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Died Killed in action |
Ploesti, Romania | 1 August 1943 | Failed to Return (FTR) Ploesti 1-Au-43 in B-24 42-40995 'Satans Hellcats'; A/C set afire and crashed after target. KIA MACR 2416/3147 |
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Buried |
Parkersburg Cemetery Custer County, OK | Parkersburg Cemetery Custer County, Oklahoma |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3147 / Webb Todd