Howard Norman Moulton Jr
Military
Object Number - UPL 21063 - 2nd Lt Howard N Moulton Jr 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF.
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Became entangled in melee with Fw190's Uelzen Germany and shot down. Pilot 1st Lt Moulton baled out. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 3610.
Post War: Met Norma Reed, whom he married in 1946. They had a daughter and three sons. John was a farmer in Sheffield, MA, USA.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Hartford County, CT, USA | 2 August 1922 | Son of Howard Newton and Alice S [Shores] Moulton. |
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Enlisted |
Springfield, MA, USA | 27 May 1942 | Springfield, Massachusetts |
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Other Assigned |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | 23 January 1944 - 8 April 1944 | Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. |
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Other Shot down |
Uelzen, Germany | 8 April 1944 | Became entangled in melee with Fw190's Uelzen Germany and shot down. Pilot 1st Lt Moulton baled out. POW. MACR 3610. Crashed near Uelzen on 8 Apr 44 in P-51 43-6967 Prisoner of War. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Barth, Germany | 8 April 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft I. |
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Died |
Pittsfield, MA, USA | 21 November 1990 | |
| Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA | |||
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Other Promotion |
Debden, Saffron Walden, Essex CB11, UK | Promoted to 1st Lieutenant | |
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Buried |
Center Cemetery Sheffield, Berkshire County MA | Center Cemetery Sheffield, Berkshire County Massachusetts, USA. |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from:
- the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia ;
- MACR 3610 ;
- Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
MACR 3610 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
