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Personal info

Full name
LOGUIDICE, Alfred
Date of birth
19 November 1920
Age
22
Place of birth
Newburgh, Orange County, New York
Hometown
Newburgh, Orange County, New York

Military service

Service number
32536026
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Radio Operator/Gunner
Unit
351st Bombardment Squadron,
100th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
10 October 1943
Place of death
Vynen near Xanten, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Plot Row Grave
J 6 11

Immediate family

Members
Samuel Loguidice (father)
Maria C. (Scuderi) Loguidice (mother)
Augustine Loguidice (brother) Antoinette Loguidice (sister)
Armando H. Loguidice (brother)
Mary Loguidice (sister)
Delia Loguidice (sister)
Stella R. Loguidice (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30087
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Shackrat
Destination: Münster, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the railroad
MACR: 1026

More information

T/Sgt Alfred Loguidice worked in a machine shop.

He enlisted in New York City, New York on 20 October 1942.

The plane was hit by flak and exploded.

Two crew members were taken prisoner, eight were killed. Except for Smith J. Young, they were initially buried in the special sector for British POW's of the cemetery of Münchengladbach on 16 October 1943. The body of S/Sgt Young was found in the water for the Waal River at Doornenburg on 11 October 1943. He was buried at the Doornenburg Cemetery in Bemmel, The Netherlands on 13 October 1943.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, 100th Bomb Group Foundation (www.100thbg.com), www.ancestry.com - New York, Records of the State National Guard / 1930 Census / United States World War II Army Enlistment Records / Headstone and Interment Record / Family Tree, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.8thafhs.com

Photo source: Michel Beckers, Matthew Mabe, www.100thbg.com