Item: ONSV8763
Original U.S. WWII Engraved Distinguished Flying Cross to Pilot 576th Bomb Squadron
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Original Item: One-of-a-kind. This is an excellent condition Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in original case its ribbon bar and buttonhole enamel badge. The media itself is engraved on the reverse:
1st LT.
MARTIN S. ROUSE
A.C.
Lieutenant Rouse ASN 14065321 was a B-24 Liberator pilot assigned to the 8th Air Force, 329th Bombardment Group, 576th Bomb Squadron. A list of 16 missions he flew in World War Two along with details from can be found at this link and below.
Rouse, M.S. 2nd Lt. P 576 524 05-Nov-1943 Munster
Rouse, M.S. 2nd Lt. P 576 500 13-Nov-1943 Bremen
Rouse, M.S. 2nd Lt. P 576 500 18-Nov-1943 Kjeller Norway
Rouse, M.S. 2nd Lt. P 576 487 26-Nov-1943 Bremen
Rouse, M.S. 2nd Lt. P 576 487 05-Dec-1943 Cognac
Rouse, M.S. 2nd Lt. P 576 492 13-Dec-1943 Kiel
Rouse, M.S. 2nd Lt. P 576 578 20-Dec-1943 Bremen
Rouse, M.S. 2nd Lt. P 576 129 31-Dec-1943 St Jean D'Angely
Rouse, M.S. 2nd Lt. P 576 129 04-Jan-1944 Kiel
Rouse, M.S. 2nd Lt. P 576 129 21-Jan-1944 Noball 46 and 101
Rouse, M.S. 2nd Lt. P 576 129 29-Jan-1944 Frankfurt
Rouse, M.S. 1st Lt. P 576 129 06-Feb-1944 Noball Siracourt
Rouse, M.S. 2nd Lt. P 576 692 21-Feb-1944 Vorden A/F
Rouse, M.S. 1st Lt. P 576 598 22-Feb-1944 Gotha (recalled)
Rouse, M.S. 1st Lt. P 576 976 25-Feb-1944 Furth
Rouse, M.S. 1st Lt. P 576 371 02-Mar-1944 Dernbach
Included in this set is a printed copy of Lt. Rouse and his crew outside a B-24 he flew "El Lobo" #42-7510 along with an original WWII 8th AF patch.
Established in early 1942 initially as a B-24 Liberator reconnaissance squadron, flying antisubmarine patrols. Later being redesignated as a heavy bomb group; trained under Third Air Force in Florida. Completed training in late 1942; deploying to European Theater of Operations (ETO) as one of the initial heavy bomber squadrons assigned to VIII Bomber Command in England, September 1942.
Engaged in long-ranger strategic bombardment operations over Occupied Europe. Deployed to IX Bomber Command in Egypt in December 1942; operating from airfields in Libya and Tunisia. Raided enemy military and industrial targets in Italy and in the southern Balkans, including the NSDAP-controlled oilfields at Polesti, Romania, receiving a Distinguished Unit Citation for its gallantry in that raid. Also flew tactical bombing raids against Afrika Korps defensive positions in Tunisia; supporting British Eighth Army forces in their advance to Tunis, in September and October 1943.
Returned to England with disestablishment of IX Bomber Command in North Africa. From England, resumed long-range strategic bombardment raids on Occupied Europe and NSDAP Germany, attacking enemy military and industrial targets as part of the United States' air offensive. The squadron was one of the most highly decorated units in the Eighth Air Force, continuing offensive attacks until the German capitulation in May 1945.
Returned to the United States in June 1945; being re-manned and re-equipped with B-29 Superfortress heavy bombers. Trained for deployment to the Central Pacific Area to carry out very long range strategic bombing raids over Japan. Japanese capitulation in August canceled plans for deployment, instead became Continental Air Command (later Strategic Air Command) B-29 squadron.
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