Theodore Joseph Krol

Military
Theodore Krol UPL 64224 UPL 64224 1st Lt Theodore J. Krol
Theodore Joseph Krol

Object Number - UPL 64224 - 1st Lt Theodore J. Krol

Theodore Krol was Bombardier on B-17 42-38033 "Man O' War" shot down by fighters on return from the 20 March 1944 mission to Frankfurt. Crashed near Breuil, 20km NW of Reims, France. Evaded (EVD). Helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance, he ended up being hidden in a secret camp in the Fréteval Forest, near Châteaudun, France. Liberated there by US troops on 13 September 1944. For more details about his evasion, see his page at http://www.evasioncomete.be/fkroltj.html

 

Awards: AM, PH, EAME, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 37231127
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34601869
  • Highest Rank: Sergeant
  • Role/Job: waist gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-745054
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 33289777
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Flight Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-690106
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Co-Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Man OWar
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 612th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hammond, Lake County, Indiana 27 September 1918 Born Hammond, Indiana

Enlisted

Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana 18 February 1942 Enlisted Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana

Other

Commissioned

5 August 1943

Other

Bailed out

20 March 1944 of B-17 42-38033 "Man O' War"

Other

Landed in parachute

Courville, France 20 March 1944 near Courville, West of Reims, France

Other

Evaded capture

20 March 1944 - 13 September 1944 helped by French citizens and members of the Résistance

Other

Discharged

7 October 1945

Died

Crown Point, Indiana 10 May 1996 Died Crown Point, Indiana

Buried

Arlington National Cemetery Arlington, Virginia 13 May 1996 Theodore Krol rests at Arlington

Revisions

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

Updated website address in Biography

Date
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources

MACR 3332
Escape & Evasion Report E&E 1017
NARA WWII Enlistment records
Research for his page at http://www.evasioncomete.org

Date
ContributorMaryAnneKrol
Changes
Sources

Mary Anne Krol, daughter

Date
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 3332, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=618

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