Beuron Hines Moore

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 855BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF. Richard Wilson crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Swabisch Hall. Crashed at Dusseldorf on 13-Sep-44 in B-24 44-40234 'Times Awaisting' , Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 8860.



Awards: AM (2OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A Pathfinder B-24 Liberator (V2-P+, serial number 42-51691) of the 491st Bomb Group. Handwritten caption on reverse: '491 BG supplying troops at Arnhem, Sept 1944.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 855th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-746499
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

"Movement of Unit Flight Echelon, 491st Bomb Gp (H), dd 14 Mar 44 & amendments thereto dd 18 Unr 44 & 22 Mar 44 & 2nd AF Memo 35-2, dd 11 Apr 44• This is a TEMPORARY change of station.
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Times Awaisting
  • Unit: 491st Bomb Group 852nd Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

24 October 1922 Son of Graydon B and Mable Ella [Loving] Moore.

Enlisted

14 January 1943 Evansville, Indiana

Died

Killed in action

13 September 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Swabisch Hall . Crashed at Dusseldorf on 13-Sep-44 in B-24 'Times Awaisting' 44-40234 Killed in Action (KIA) MACR 8860

Buried

Re-Interred Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial Hamm, Canton de Luxembourg, Luxembourg Plot E Row 15 Grave 59

Based

13 September 1944 Assigned to 855BS, 491BG, 8AF USAAF.

Born

Hopkinsville, Kentucky

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 8860