George Horace Moore

Military
media-31927.jpeg UPL 31927 2nd Lt James C Neill crew (401st BG 615th BS) 13 missions (between 2 June and 7 July 1944) lost on Leipzig aboard 42-37981 "Belle of the Barbary Coast".

Rear L-R: Sgt Reynold T Fraker, 2Lt James C Neill, 2Lt Calvin J McDougall, 2Lt Albert H Roddy, 2Lt Elbert L Hammond.

Front L-R: T/Sgt George S Moore, T/Sgt Mervin L Roberts, Sgt Merel E Warner, S/Sgt George Schult, Sgt Harold J Nichol.

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Object Number - UPL 31927 - 2nd Lt James C Neill crew (401st BG 615th BS) 13 missions (between 2 June and 7 July 1944) lost on Leipzig aboard 42-37981 "Belle of the Barbary...

Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Leipzig in B-17 'Belle of the Barbary Coast' 42-37981 Lost due to mech failure and shot down by Fw190 crashed near Burkhorst 7-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW), MACR 7222.



Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'

401st Bomb Group

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

People

James Crawford Neill

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14076431 / O-812294
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-37981

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Belle of the Barbary Coast
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag Luft IV

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Dalton, Georgia, USA 18 April 1923

Enlisted

Fort Bragg, NC, USA 22 January 1943 Fort Bragg, North Carolina

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

78-220 Tychowo, Poland 7 July 1944 Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV.

Based

Deenethorpe 7 July 1944 Assigned to 615BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

Other

Baled out

Dannefeld, 39649 Gardelegen, Germany 7 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) Leipzig in B-17 'Belle of the Barbary Coast' 42-37981 Lost due to mech failure and shot down by Fw190 crashed near Burkhorst 7-Jul-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 7222.

Died

Okatie, SC 29909, USA 9 January 2009

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We Were Eagles Volume Three: The Eighth Air Force at War June to October 1944 By Martin W. Bowman

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Added punctuation in the "Summary biography" to aid readability.

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We Were Eagles Volume Three: The Eighth Air Force at War June to October 1944 By Martin W. Bowman

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7222 / MACR 7222, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=3035 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database

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