Rudolph Oscar Ketola

Military
media-55320.jpeg UPL 55320 Rudolph Oscar Ketola
Tail Gunner
340th BG - 488th BS - 12th AF

Object Number - UPL 55320 - Rudolph Oscar Ketola Tail Gunner 340th BG - 488th BS - 12th AF

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Units served with

A B-25 Mitchell (7C) of the 340th Bomb Group, 12th Air Force takes off.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Ninth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-25 Mitchell
  • Nicknames: The Falcon
  • Unit: 340th Bomb Group 488th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-25 Mitchell
  • Unit: 340th Bomb Group 488th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Princeton, Michigan 19 November 1921
Detroit, Michigan 16 February 1942 5649 4th St. Worked for Excello Corp.

Enlisted

Detroit, Michigan 26 October 1942

Other

Combat Mission

Latina (Littorio), Italy 10 March 1944 42-13162 8P P - Perry

Other

Combat Mission

Ficulle, Italy 13 April 1944 43-3632 8V P - Mitcham

Other

Combat Mission

Roccasecca, Italy 17 April 1944 41-30111 P - Bachtell

Other

Combat Mission

Todi, Italy 17 April 1944 43-3642 8B P - Mitcham

Other

Combat Mission

Ficulle, Italy 22 April 1944 43-3483 8R P - Mitcham

Other

Combat Mission

Orvieto, Italy 28 April 1944 43-3483 8R P - Mitcham

Other

Combat Mission

Orvieto, Italy 29 April 1944 43-3483 8R P - Mitcham

Other

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Marsciano, Italy 30 April 1944 43-4013 8F P - Mitcham/Cassada

Other

Combat Mission

Rovinj, Yuogslavia (now Croatia) 10 July 1944 43-27772 P - McDonald

Died

Marquette, Michigan 25 May 2010

Buried

Gwinn, Michigan 28 May 2010 Gwinn Cemetery Gwinn, Marquette County, Michigan, USA

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