Richard L Moses

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-21858.jpeg UPL 21858 Richard Moses - Storm Lake, 458th BG, KIA Charles D Taylor collection

Object Number - UPL 21858 - Richard Moses - Storm Lake, 458th BG, KIA

Killed in Action (KIA). Plane crashed on return from misson at Horham

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Units served with

Personnel of the 458th Bomb Group gather around a B-24 Liberator (serial number 41-29303) nicknamed "Liberty Lib" in order to transfer a casualty into a waiting ambulance. Image via Harry Holmes. Written on slide casing: '458th BG.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Unit: 458th Bomb Group 754th Bomb Squadron

Missions

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Died

Norwich, Norwich, Norfolk, UK 22 April 1944 Aircraft shot down by German night fighters near their base while returning from a mission to Hamm.

Buried

25 April 1944 Plot A Row 4 Grave 37 Cambridge American Cemetery

Born

Iowa

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor/458th Unit History & Page 280 of the book LIBERATORS OVER NORWICH by Mackay, Bailry & Scorza, 2010, D790G4582010

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