Richard F Moore Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned as new crew April 1944. Shot down 12 May 1944 in B-17 #42-31718. Killed in Action (KIA).



Flew on the crew of 2Lt Jerry Musser.



Purple Heart

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Units served with

The insignia of the 96th Bomb Group.

96th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

B-17 Flying Fortresses, (serial number 42-31718) and (BX-D, serial number 42-31447) nicknamed "Cookie" of the 96th Bomb Group in flight. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'B-17G-BO.'

42-31718

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 96th Bomb Group 337th Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Bridgeport, Connecticut 26 April 1923

Died

Hartmannshain, 36355 Grebenhain, Germany 12 May 1944

Buried

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Data from "www.fieldsofhonor-database.com".

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Data taken from Missing Air Crew Report 4857

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Data from "U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil, 1942-1949" and from "U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947" at Ancestry.com

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4857; Snetterton Falcons, pg 133 & 148