Anthony Carmelo Loguidice
MilitaryAssigned to 84th Service Group, 8AF USAAF. Non operational flight from Duxford in B-17 42-102937 'Ready Freddie'; pilot clipped control tower beacon, lost control and crashed into barracks building. Killed in Service (KIS).
Awards: PH.
A tribute was paid to Tony Loguidice in the July 1944 78th Fighter Group monthly report, written by Bill Brennan (http://www.americanairmuseum.com/person/227148):
‘Death took one of the finest members of the squadron this month. A soldier whose quiet manner and devotion to duty will never be forgotten by any of us. Cpl Anthony C Loguidice was an average G.I. He came from Albany, New York. He had been with the outfit ever since it was activated down at Esler Field. His duties were with the Transportation Section, where he worked diligently for a year and a half. Two days before he was killed he was promoted to the grade of Cpl. A promotion which he sweated out for nearly a year. His death was one of those strange unexpected events that no-one but the Almighty can explain…To us it seems strange that “Tony” should die in this way because he always wanted to be a gunner so he could get a crack at the enemy. He had excellent grades and was an expert with a gun. A new regulation put out by Fighter Command stating that no one would be taken for gunnery duty if he wasn’t trained in the States prevented his being a gunner. Many things we will forget about “Tony” but never his quiet efficient manner, his hearty smile, and his always ready to lend a hand attitude.’
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ready Freddie
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 412th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: "Duckpond"
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Albany, NY | 3 February 1918 | Son of Carmelo and Philomena Loguidice. |
Enlisted |
Albany, NY | 13 April 1942 | Albany, New York |
Died |
Duxford, UK | 19 July 1944 | |
Based |
Duxford | 19 July 1944 | Assigned to 84th Service Group, 8AF USAAF. |
Revisions
Information from 78th FG records recorded at http://blogs.iwm.org.uk/historic-duxford/
Combat Sup / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia