Lonnie Le Roy Moseley
Military"Lonnie Moseley served in three wars and two different services. He first became an Army Air Corps cadet when he was at Dixie College in St. George, Utah. He was trained as a pilot and assigned to a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt fighter.
After going to Europe with the 84th and 78th Fighter Groups, Moseley’s P-47 was hit by antiaircraft fire over France and he parachuted onto a French farm. He lived with the family for three months, and, with their help, pretended to be deaf and mute. When he was able to walk into the British lines, he was reunited with his unit in England–still dressed as a French farmer. (He still has the coat made by the French farmer’s wife.)"
Lonnie's family have provided the AAM with many photographs, letters, documents and memorabilia which will be digitized in due course.
An IWM article can be read here:
https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/lonnie-moseley-and-his-incredible-4-july…
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Silsbee, TX, USA | 7 April 1921 | |
Enlisted |
Salt Lake City, UT, USA | 19 August 1942 | |
Other Evader |
Routot, France | 4 July 1944 - 31 August 1944 | From mission summary report: 'Lieut. Moseley bailed out near Routot (map ref. 4v L-976087) due to engine failure. His parachute was seen to open at about 100 feet.' |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
Biographical information taken from :
- http://veteransday.utah.edu/?p=987
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6560 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database