Carmine Victor Roberto
Military ROLL OF HONOURShot down by fighters and crashed near Punschrau, Germany in B-17#42-31537 "Buffalo Gal" on 29 July 1944. Killed in Action (KIA).
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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: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 38338409
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35683437
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32383566
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Bombardier / Togglier / Engineer
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19101831 at enlistment, then O-755534
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13038519 at enlistment, then O-755538
- Highest Rank: Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Randie Lou, BUFFALO GAL
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron 350th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 29 July 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Italy | 18 November 1920 | |
Enlisted |
25 September 1942 | Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio | |
Other Killed In Action (KIA) |
29 July 1944 | received direct hit of 88mm shell in the neck | |
Buried |
30 July 1944 | cemetery of Hassenhausen, 5km West of Bad Kösen | |
Ravenna, Portage County, Ohio | |||
Buried |
after the war, his remains were brought back to the US. Carmine Roberto rests at the Grafton National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia |
Revisions
ContributorED-BB
Changes
Sources
MACR 7809
NARA WWII Enlistment records
WWII Draft Card
German report KU-2601 at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/147892518
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1123984/carmine-v-roberto
ContributorAAM
Changes
Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7809