Benjamin Joseph Luglio
Military ROLL OF HONOURBlack Sunday-Ploesti - Michael Hill
Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. Killed in Action (KIA) 15 February 1943 when temporarily assigned to 9th AF. Flew out of Gambia, Libya to target Naples in B-24 41-23675 Celhalopdos. Went down over Naples, Italy.
Awards: DFC, AM (3OLC), PH, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 18051856 / O-435976
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: - Celhalopdos
- Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 330th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Known as: North Africa American Cemetery, Tunis, Tunisia
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Media, PA | 23 December 1918 | Son of Joseph Luglio. |
Enlisted |
Wilmington, DE | 27 December 1941 | Wilmington, Delaware |
Other Killed in Action |
Naples, Italy | 15 February 1943 | Flew out of Gambia, Libya to target Naples in B-24 41-23675 Celhalopdos. Went down over Naples, Italy. Killed in Action (KIA) |
Buried |
North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial | Tablets of the Missing North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial Carthage, Tunis, Tunisia | |
Based |
15 February 1943 | Assigned to 330BS, 93BG, 8AF USAAF. |
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ABMC, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop and Hey, p.76 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia