Robert Layton Mooring
MilitaryAssigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. Sidovar crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-95304 17-Dec-44; shot down by fighters Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 10701
Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 766th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-823998
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 461st Bomb Group 766th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Cerignola #3
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Pasadena, TX | 27 July 1924 | Son of Henry V and Ruby [Prior] Mooring. |
Enlisted |
Houston, TX | 10 May 1943 | Houston, Texas |
Other Baled out POW |
17 December 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Odertal oil refinery in B-24 42-95304; shot down by fighters POW MACR 10701 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 17 December 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
Died |
29 October 2016 | ||
Buried |
Houston National Cemetery, Houston, TX | 7 November 2016 | Houston National Cemetery Houston, Harris County, TX |
Based |
Torretta | 17 December 1944 | Assigned to 767BS, 461BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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