Dudley Moore Amoss

Military

Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. 59 Missions credited with 5.5 kills and 1.5 destroyed [Ground]. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Hopsten aerodrome. Hit by flak, limped towards friendly territory in Belgium, belly landed near Arnhem in P-51D 44-15123 on 21-Mar-45 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 13226.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory.

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Units served with

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Nicknames: Mah Ideel
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
  • Unit: 55th Fighter Group 38th Fighter Squadron

Places

Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany
Lieutenant-Colonel Elwyn G. Righetti of the 338th Fighter Squadron, 55th Fighter Group stands beside his P-51 Mustang, "Katydid". Print signed 'Best of everything your big loud Elwyn', 1944-1945.
  • Site type: Airfield
  • Known as: Bures / RAF Wormingford / RFC Wormingford / USAAF Station 159 / Wormingford Landing Ground

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Baltimore, MD, USA 7 July 1922 Baltimore Baltimore City Maryland, USA.

Enlisted

Connecticut, USA 17 November 1943

Other

Assigned

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK 17 August 1944 - 21 March 1945 Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Promotion

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK 28 November 1944 Promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.

Other

Promotion

Wormingford, Colchester CO6, UK 8 March 1945 Promoted to 1st Lieutenant.

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Barth, Germany 21 March 1945 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I.

Other

Shot Down

NE of Arnhem, Netherlands 21 May 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Hopsten aerodrome. Hit by flak, limped towards friendly territory in Belgium, belly landed near Arnhem in P-51D 44-15123 on 21-Mar-45 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 13226.

Died

Millcreek, UT, USA 22 July 2011 Millcreek Salt Lake County Utah, USA.
Greenwich, CT, USA