Donald F Moon

Military

Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12461.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

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

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12208174 / O-827083
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Dollar 98
  • Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 429th 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 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Coffeyville, KS 5 July 1921 Son of Frank Wichersham and Vera Ellen [Faulkner] Moon.

Enlisted

Kansas City, KS 6 August 1943

Other

Baled out POW

Papa, Hungary 21 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Vienna; flak ko’d an engine headed toward Russian lines, crashed near Papa, Hungary; 21-Feb-45 POW MACR 12461.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Tychowo, Poland 21 February 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Other

Discharged USAAF

6 November 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Tulsa, OK 30 October 1990

Buried

Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, OK 2 November 1990 Floral Haven Memorial Gardens Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, OK

Based

Amendola 21 February 1945 Assigned to 429BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF.