Ivan R Moon
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Personal research & 'The Debden Warbirds' by Frank Speer.
Object Number - UPL 13989 - Lt. Ivan Moon of the 334th Fighter squadron.
Killed in Action (KIA) on 3-Nov-43 as pilot of P-47C 41-6587 [QP:M], 4FG/334FS when his aircraft was attacked and shot down by German fighters over Holland while on a mission to escort B-17 bomber attacking at Wilhelmshaven, Germany. The flight took off from Halesworth as a more forward location than the permanent station of the units at Debden, UK. The aircraft crashed at Wieringen, Holland. He was shot down on the same mission as Frank Gallion in P-47D 42-7924, 4FG/334FS.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: T-190742
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-47 Thunderbolt
- Unit: 4th Fighter Group 334th Fighter Squadron
Missions
- Date: 3 November 1943
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Holton
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
1777 Wieringen, Netherlands | 3 November 1943 | Killed in Action when his aircraft was shot down by German fighters on a mission to escort bombers attacking at Wilhelmshaven. |
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Buried |
Buried in the Netherlands American Cemetery, Plot M, Row 20, Grave 15. | ||
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Born |
Palm Beach, FL, USA |
Revisions
Merged with duplicate entry to include details from :
MACR 1049 ;
Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database;
Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
My uncle met Tex when they were in an RAF hospital together in Torquay and they stayed friends until his death. They were in the Palace hotel in Torquay which was being used as a RAF hospital when it was bombed.
Lee Cunningham 8-Jul-2015. Added Decoration and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) records. Added KIA event per MACR 1049. Added crash location and Summary Biography based on "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces", Stan Bishop and John A. Hey MBE.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1049/4139 / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list
