Anthony Ralph Carcione
Military ROLL OF HONOURIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. Credited with 3.5 kills. Failed to Return (FTR) escort to Celle crashed near Minden in P-47D 42-74697 on a support mission to Berlin on 8-Mar-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2842.
Awards: AM, PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Terrible Tony
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 56th Fighter Group 62nd Fighter Squadron
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Nicknames: Triss
- Unit: 495th Fighter Training Group 56th Fighter Group 552nd Fighter Training Squadron 62nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
Philadelphia, PA, USA | 3 November 1941 | |
Other Crashed |
53 Military Plaza, Universal City, TX 78148, USA | 8 March 1942 | Landing Accident Stall/Spin Randolph Field, TX Cat 3 damage 2Lt Anthony R Carcione, 8-Mar-42. BT-14 40-1284 - 52SchSq |
Other Crashed |
Bradley International Airport (BDL), Schoephoester Rd, Windsor Locks, CT 06096, USA | 4 October 1942 | Taxiing Accident Bradley Field, CT Cat 3 damage 2Lt Anthony R Carcione, 4-Oct-42. P-47B 41-5975 - 62FS 56FG Windsor Locks, CT |
Other Crashed |
Mansfield, CT, USA | 24 October 1942 | Forced Landing due to Engine Failure Mansfield, CT Cat 5 damage 2Lt Anthony R Carcione, 24-Oct-42. P-47B 41-5955 - 62FS - 56FG |
Other Crashed |
Horsham St Faith, Norwich, UK | 1 May 1943 | Landing Accident Horsham St Faith 1-May-43. P-47C 41-6221 - 62FS, 56FG, 8AF. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Tessel, France | 9 July 1943 | Me109 destroyed Iles Tessel. 9-Jul-43. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
Nienborg, 48619 Heek, Germany | 10 October 1943 | Me109 destroyed Nienborg 10-Oct-43. |
Other E/A Destroyed |
France | 26 November 1943 | Me109 destroyed France 26-Nov-43. |
Other E/A Shared Destroyed |
Germany | 30 January 1944 | Shared destroyed Germany 30-Jan-44. |
Died |
Minden, Germany | 8 March 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) crashed near Minden in P-47D 42-74697 on a support mission to Berlin on 8-Mar-44. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 2842. |
Born |
Northampton County, Pennsylvania | ||
Buried |
Wind Gap, PA 18091, USA | Saint Marys Cemetery Wind Gap Northampton County Pennsylvania, USA | |
Other Promotion |
Boxted, Colchester, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant. | |
Based |
Boxted | 8 March 1944 | Assigned to 62FS, 56FG, 8AF USAAF. |
Bethlehem, PA, USA |
Revisions
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2842 / MACR 2842, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces Vol I p.114, Vol II p. 284; NARA website link for WWI Memorial / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list