Vito J Geroulo
Military ROLL OF HONOURRadio operator, Carqueville crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS. Shot down 9 October 1943 in B-17 #42-3180 'Forget Me Not II'. Mission #37 to the Focke-Wulf plant at Anklam, Germany. MACR 888. Plane crashed into North Sea after fighter attack. Killed in Action (KIA). Name on tablets of the Missing at Cambridge AMC.
Jessup, PA
Technical Sergeant Vito J. Geroulo was born September 21, 1920. He was the son of Thomas and Pauline Geroulo, and was from Jessup, Pennsylvania.
He was serving as the Radio Operator aboard “Forget Me Not II,” B-17 tail 42-3180, of the 381st Bomb Group, 533rd Bomb Squadron, when it went down over the North Sea on October 9, 1943, returning from a mission to Anklam, Germany.
His remains were never recovered.
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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: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735405
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-677188
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 31169259
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32393057
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: waist gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 7008817
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Kiplings Error and Forget Me Not II
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 96th Bomb Group 338th Bomb Squadron 533rd Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 9 October 1943
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Jessup, Pennsylvania, USA | 21 September 1920 | Technical Sergeant Vito J. Geroulo was born September 21, 1920. He was the son of Thomas and Pauline Geroulo, and was from Jessup, Pennsylvania. |
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Buried |
9 October 1943 | Tablets of the Missing His remains were never recovered. | |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 9 October 1943 | He was serving as the Radio Operator aboard “Forget Me Not II,” B-17 tail 42-3180, of the 381st Bomb Group, 533rd Bomb Squadron, when it went down over the North Sea on October 9, 1943, returning from a mission to Anklam, Germany. |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 888 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 888 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database