Name:
Theodore R. "Ted" Rouse
Rank:
First Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-734387
Unit:
551st Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1943-10-26
State:
Colorado
Cemetery:
Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Plot:
Block 230 - -00915
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Theodore R. "Ted" Rouse was born on October 21, 1923 in Norton, Kansas. He was the son of Thomas James Rouse and Hazel Marie McCarty Rouse. He served as a First Lieutenant and Bombardier on the B-17 "Raunchy Wolf" #42-3290, 551st Bomber Squadron, 385th Bomber Group, Heavy, U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. His plane, while on a return mission from Reims, France, was involved in a mid-air collision with B-17 #42-30264 "Dorsal Queen." They crashed at Tillingham Hall Farm, Bulphan, England. The entire crews of both B-17's were killed except Ssgt John J. Adams of the Dorsal Queen who was the only survivor.
1LT Rouse is now buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, Colorado Springs, El Paso County, Colorado, USA.