Oren Rose

Oren John Rose
Born	23 March 1892 Platte County, Missouri, USA
Died	21 June 1971 Sunnyvale, California, USA
Allegiance	USA
Service/branch	Aviation
Rank	Captain
Unit	No. 92 Squadron RAF
Awards	Distinguished Flying Cross with Bar

Captain Oren John Rose was a World War I flying ace credited with 16 aerial victories.^[1][2]

Rose joined the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. He went to France, and was assigned to 92 Squadron.^[3] Flying one of four different RAF SE.5as, he tallied up his victories between 30 July and 4 November 1918, becoming the top scoring ace of No. 92 Squadron in the process. He tallied 14 enemy airplanes destroyed, including one shared with James Victor Gascoyne, and two driven down out of control.^[4]

After World War I

Rose fought in Russia just subsequent to the war, in 1919. He then went home and went into business. During World War II, he returned to service in the U.S. Army Air Corps^[5] as an Operations and Training Officer in Kentucky. He moved on to a squadron command in Louisiana during 1943 and 1944. By the time he was discharged in 1946, he had become Chief of the Aircraft Assignment Base at Wright Field. He returned to his auto business, and eventually retired in the 1960s.^[6]

Honors and awards

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)

Lieut. Oren John Rose. (FRANCE)

A very gallant officer who has accounted for nine enemy aeroplanes. On 29 September he observed an enemy scout attacking some of our machines; engaging it, he drove it down from 15,000 feet to 6,000 feet, when it fell in flames. On his return journey he attacked and destroyed an enemy two-seater.^[7]

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) Bar

Lt (A./Capt.) Oren John Rose, D.F.C. (FRANCE)

A brilliant and fearless leader who, since 9 October, has destroyed seven enemy aeroplanes. His personal example of skill and determination in aerial combats and in attacking troops and transport on the ground is of the greatest value in maintaining the high standard of efficiency in his squadron.^[8]

Sources of information

1. ^ American Aces of World War 1. p. 39. 
2. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/rose1.php Retrieved 11 January 2010.
3. ^ American Aces of World War 1. p. 39. 
4. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/rose1.php Retrieved 11 January 2010.
5. ^ http://www.theaerodrome.com/aces/usa/rose1.php Retrieved 11 January 2010.
6. ^ American Aces of World War 1. p. 39. 
7. ^ (Supplement to the London Gazette, 3 December 1918) http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31046/supplements/14325 Retrieved on 11 April 2010.
8. ^ http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1919/1919%20-%200213.html Retrieved 11 January 2010.

Reference

• SE 5/5a Aces of World War I. Norman Franks. Osprey Publishing, 2007. ISBN 184603180X, 9781846031809.
• American Aces of World War 1 Harry Dempsey. Osprey Publishing, 2001. ISBN 1841763756, 9781841763750.

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Name	Rose, Oren
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Date of birth	23 March 1892
Place of birth	Platte County, Missouri, USA
Date of death	21 June 1971
Place of death	Sunnyvale, California, USA