Goffred F Moretto

Military

media-22893.jpeg UPL 22893 Pilots of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase In England in Spring 1944.

Rear row - Earl C. Main, Joseph C. McDonald, Charles O.Durant, John F. Starr, Arthur C. Bergeron, Lt Bayard C. Auchincloss, Joseph B. Brooks, Chauncy Rowan, William W. Hargus, John H. Winder, James E. Murray, Harold P. Paslay.
Middle row - Gerald P. Devine, Abel H. Garey, Robert E. Fortier, Charles W. Dinse, Major William J. Price, Joseph F. Furness, Lt Goffred F. Moretto, Capt Wayne K. Blickenstaff, Robert S. Hart, John A. Sullivan.
Front row - Major Dewey E. Newhart, unknown mascot, Maj. Stanley R. Pidduck,
NARA Ref 342-FH-3A47828-69067AC.

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Object Number - UPL 22893 - Pilots of the 350th Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, pose in front of a Republic P-47 at an airbase In England in Spring 1944. Rear row -...

Evaded (EVD) crashed near Dreux on 12 Jun 44 in P-51 43-25541 He was rescued by a French farmer and his wife who did their best to dress his burns then took him to the local Mayor who found a doctor to treat his wounds. He then returned to the farm where he remained for two months when he and a bomber pilot - who the farmer had also sheltered- managed to reach the American lines. He returned to the USA in September 1944.