Richard L Moses

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

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.'

458th Bomb Group

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

People

Teague G Harris

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

Aircraft

42-52353

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

42-52450

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

Missions

Places

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

Revisions

Date21 May 2016 04:04:57
Contributor466thHistorian
ChangesChanges to service number, awards, events, person associations, place associations, aircraft associations and mission associations
Sources

http://www.458bg.com/crew50harris.htm

Date27 Sep 2014 18:22:41
ContributorAAM
ChangesAAM ingest
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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Object number: UPL 21858 - Richard Moses - Storm Lake, 458th BG, KIA