Roderick G Darelius
Military
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UPL 7279
Crew #702
John A. Jakab Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
B-24H-15-FO #42-52610 "The Madame" Code: 6L-D
Standing Left to Right: Alex P. Lugos (G), Manuel Perry (B), Donald W. Troy (N), Rod G Darelius (CP), John A. Jakab (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: James A. Gribble (G), Ralph S. Grace (G), Elmer C. Ulmholz (FE), Frank W. Snyder (R/O), Arthur C. Kelly (G)
Everyone except Gribble completed a 30 mission tour. Gribble flew as a replacement gunner with the Flynn Crew - Crew #711 on a mission where they were forced to land in Switzerland due to battle damage.
John A. Jakab Crew
466th BG - 787th BS
B-24H-15-FO #42-52610 "The Madame" Code: 6L-D
Standing Left to Right: Alex P. Lugos (G), Manuel Perry (B), Donald W. Troy (N), Rod G Darelius (CP), John A. Jakab (P)
Kneeling Left to Right: James A. Gribble (G), Ralph S. Grace (G), Elmer C. Ulmholz (FE), Frank W. Snyder (R/O), Arthur C. Kelly (G)
Everyone except Gribble completed a 30 mission tour. Gribble flew as a replacement gunner with the Flynn Crew - Crew #711 on a mission where they were forced to land in Switzerland due to battle damage.
466th BG Historian
Retired from USAF with the rank of Colonel
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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: 466th Bomb Group 787th Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 466th Bomb Group 495th Fighter Training Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 784th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 7 August 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Rhode Island | 30 June 1918 | |
Based |
Attlebridge | 27 March 1944 - 7 July 1944 | Completed 30 Combat missions |
Other Commander - 26th Bomb Squadron (H) |
Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth (FWH), Fort Worth, TX 76127, USA | 23 December 1954 | Carswell AFB, Texas B-52 Squadron |
Died |
Texas, USA | 2 December 2006 | |
Buried |
Dallas, TX, USA | 10 December 2006 | Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery Dallas Dallas County Texas, USA |
Providence, RI, USA | 40 Farragut Street | ||
Other Assigned to 580th Air Resupply and Communcations Wing |
Mitiga International Airport (MJI), Tripoli, Libya | Wing Operations Officer Wheelus Field, Libya |
Revisions
Contributor466thHistorian
Changes
Sources
Official 466th BG Report on Mission No 99, Ghent Belgium - 7 August 1944
NARA research by Brad Sullivan
https://www.ancestry.com/search/?name=Roderick+_Darelius&birth=1918
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, page 345