John R Moultrie

Military

Shot down 13 May 1944 in B-17 #42-39904 'Bad Penny'. Landed in Sweden, Interned (INT).

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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

Aircraft

42-39904

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bad Penny
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 615th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

Interned (INT)

13 May 1944

Revisions

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Capitalized the Words in the "Role/job" field to aid readability.

Added a "-" to the A/C tail # in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4785 / MACR 4875, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=2246 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database