Gerald J Rutigliano
MilitaryFebruary - May 1944. Shot down 19 May 1944 in B-17 #42-97454. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Connections
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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
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
New York State | ||
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 19 May 1944 | Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16 |
Revisions
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added S/N and updated the location of the "POW" event per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
Added an association to Stalag Luft 4 per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=3159&mtch=1&tf=F&q=Ge…
Added an Association to “Ridgewell”, the home base of the 381st BG.
Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
381st Bomb Group Memorial Association, March 1999; MACR 4932 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4932 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database