Lawrence H Moore

Military

Prisoner of War (POW) crashed near Wolfsburg on 22 Feb 45 in B-17 'Beatty's 8-Balls' #43-39128. Mention in Hell from Heaven: Memoirs of a WW II B-17 Bombardier by Leonard Streitfeld pg. 121

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Units served with

The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.

398th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

43-39128

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: “Beatty's 8-Balls”
  • Unit: 398th Bomb Group 600th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Hulgh, Alabama, USA

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Germany 22 February 1945

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Removed duplicate info in the "Role/job" field.

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Added S/N from WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial # in the "Summary biography" for clarity.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 12650 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database