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RULE, Otis Eugene "Gene" - Date of
birth
13 April 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Ottawa, Franklin County, Kansas -
Hometown
O’Neil, San Joaquin County, California
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
39408445 -
Rank
Staff Sergeant -
Function
Waist Gunner -
Unit
825th Bombardment Squadron,
484th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
13 June 1944 - Place of
death
Near Ingolstadt, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Lorraine
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 17 | 38 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Joseph R. Rule (father)
Clara E. (Plank) Rule (mother)
Evelyn L. Rule (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-52679 -
Data
Type: B-24H
Destination: Munich, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the marshalling yards
MACR: 6305
More information
S/Sgt Otis E. Rule attended college before he enlisted in Sacramento, California on 26 January 1943.Sgt Edgar R. Lamb:
"I was flying as tail gunner in Lt. Schiappacasse's plane #33, flying dog 23, and #48 was flying fox 13. At the IP, the enemy fighters, six planes, of ME 410 or 210, made the attack on the fox element. I first saw that #48’s #3 engine started smoking very badly, and after the second pass by the E/A’s, he fell out of formation at 2 o’clock and under fair control. At that time, he was about 2,000 feet below us and 800 yards to our right. Then two men bailed out of the rear escape hatch. One man had apparently pulled his cord in the plane as he was holding the open chute in his arms as he jumped. When I lost track of him, shortly after that time, both chutes had blossomed, and the plane had straightened out under good control."
Anton Mueller Wehrmacht Ingolstadt:
"At waist gunners position, when he was found in aircraft near Ingolstadt, Germany."
Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov – WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Kathleen Bumgarner Family Tree, www.fold3.com, http://aircrewremembered.com/USAAFCombatOperations/Jun.44.html
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