Newell Moy

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media-23599.jpeg UPL 23599 Newell D. Moy's Crew. Back row: (L-R) 2nd Lt. Archie D. Kritchman-Co-pilot, 1st Lt. Newell D. Moy-Pilot, Sgt. Robert J. Nortarploe-Radio, S/Sgt. Joe Joseph-Engineer. Front row: (L-R) Sgt. Homer C. Rhodes-Waist Gunner, Sgt. Benny Braica-Ball Turret, 2nd Lt. Charles E. Berthoud-Navigator, Sgt. Bill V. Wight-Tail Gunner. Photo was taken on 21st March, 1945.

398th Bomb Group Collection via Nuthampstead Airfield Museum.

Object Number - UPL 23599 - Newell D. Moy's Crew. Back row: (L-R) 2nd Lt. Archie D. Kritchman-Co-pilot, 1st Lt. Newell D. Moy-Pilot, Sgt. Robert J. Nortarploe-Radio, S/Sgt. Joe...

Returned Prisoner of War (POW)s from Barth, Germany.



Pilot Moy's most memorable flight was that of crossing the Atlantic in January 1945 in his B-17. On the first sector from Maine to Goose Bay a malfunction of the valve on the right wing fuel tank prevented them from taking on sufficient gas for the planned non-stop flight to Iceland. Instead they were briefed via Greenland, Iceland and Scotland. Over Greenland weather conditions prevented a visual landing at the designated airfield and the navigational aid had gone off air. Moy was preparing to return to Goose Bay when he spotted a C-54 breaking through the clouds and managed to get a fix from its pilot. Moy was flying along the wrong fjord 'just like flying in a tunnel' but managed to somehow to pull a full 90 degree turn at the crossover and get onto the correct heading for the airfield. He landed just before the field was completely closed in, visibility zero.



In June 1945 Moy returned to the USA via Greenland and had a clear view of the fjords he had last viewed from under a 500ft ceiling, something he would never forget.

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The insignia of the 398th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

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Biography completed by historian Helen Millgate. Information sourced from newsletters of the 398th Bomb Group related to the service of Newell Moy.

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8th AF News, June 2000 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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