Darril Francis Roufs
MilitaryDarril F Roufs collection
From family for use in memorializing 1LT Roufs.
Member of Roufs crew
Son of Catherine Roufs who resided in Winsted, Minnesota.
Darril served as a First Lieutenant & Pilot on B-17 "Miss Mary Kay" (#43-38131), 848th Bomber Squadron, 490th Bomber Group, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II.
He resided in Winsted, McLeod County, Minnesota prior to the war.
He enlisted in the Army Air Forces on January 30, 1943 at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. He was noted, at the time of his enlistment, as being employed in the manufacture of miscellaneous products and also as Separated, without dependents.
Darril was killed in action when his B-17 was shot down by German Flak boats in the harbor of Middelharnis, Netherlands during the war. He was awarded the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters and the Purple Heart.
Service # O-775139
Additional information for 1LT Darril F. Roufs can be found at https://www.winstedveteransmemorial.org
Connections
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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: 490th Bomb Group 850th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-747364
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38475261
- Highest Rank: Corporal
- Role/Job: Airplane Armorer-Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-2066611
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 37479719
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Civilian
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 848th Bomb Squadron 851st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33730048
- Role/Job: Aerial Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Little Miss Mary Kay
- Unit: 490th Bomb Group 851st Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: Ardennes American Cemetery, Liege, Belgium
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Brome
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Winsted, Minnesota | 17 April 1916 | BornWinsted, Minnesota |
Enlisted |
Jefferson Barracks, Lemay, Missouri | 30 January 1943 | EnlistedJefferson Barracks, Missouri |
Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Middelharnis, Netherlands | 5 April 1945 | Killed in Action (KIA)Middelharnis, Netherlands |
Buried |
Ardennes American Cemetery and Memorial Leige, Belgium | 1 January 1946 | Re-InterredArdennes American Cemetery and MemorialLeige, Belgium |
Revisions
Winsted Veterans Memorial board of directors, Winsted, MN (1LT Roufs' hometown)
490th Bomb Group Unit Personnel / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia