Edwin N Moyer
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled in Action (KIA) 22 September 1944 in AC #4338294
Technical Sergeant Edwin N. Moyer was born June 10, 1918. His next of kin were his wife, Virginia Moyer, his daughter, Judith Ann Moyer, and his father, Edwin Moyer. He was from Whittier, California.
On September 22, 1944, he was serving as the Top Turret Gunner aboard “The Wrangler,” B-17 tail #43-38294, of the 34th Bomb Group, 7th Bomb Squadron, when it was involved in a mid-air collision over Kassel, Germany.
He is buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 7th Bomb Squadron
Events
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Born |
Whittier, California, USA | 10 June 1918 | Technical Sergeant Edwin N. Moyer was born June 10, 1918. His next of kin were his wife, Virginia Moyer, his daughter, Judith Ann Moyer, and his father, Edwin Moyer. He was from Whittier, California. |
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Died |
22 September 1944 | ||
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Germany | 22 September 1944 | On September 22, 1944, he was serving as the Top Turret Gunner aboard “The Wrangler,” B-17 tail #43-38294, of the 34th Bomb Group, 7th Bomb Squadron, when it was involved in a mid-air collision over Kassel, Germany. |
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Buried |
Whittier, CA, USA | He is buried in Rose Hills Memorial Park in Whittier. |
Revisions
IDPF and/or crash report researched by Bill Beigel. IDPF donated to American Air Museum by Bill Beigel. For more information about this flyer, you may contact http://ww2research.com.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / H. Province, M8 Roll of Honor, MACR 10199 / MACR 10199 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database