Donald F Moon
MilitaryAssigned 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
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
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: Airfield
- 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 |
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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. |