John F Moore
MilitaryRadio operator, Baer crew. 381st BG, 535th BS, 8th AF. Forced to ditch returning from mission #62 to Brunswick, Germany on 30 January 1944 on B-17 #42-30029 'Chap's Flying Circus'. MACR 2495. Lt Baer radioed they were running out of fuel and may not make it back to base. The crew was reported being in dinghies in the North Sea. Killed in Action. Remembered on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge AMC.
Jersey City, NJ
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735735
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-735295
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13126681
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-670213
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-739493
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Chap's Flying Circus
- Unit: 381st Bomb Group 535th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 30 January 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Based |
15 September 1943 - 30 January 1944 | ||
Other Killed in Action |
North Sea | 30 January 1944 | |
Born |
Jersey City, NJ, USA | ||
Buried |
Tablets of the Missing |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.381st.org/UnitHistory/Data/Roster.aspx