Roland F Mosher
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
A. van Erp
Object Number - UPL 16289
On 18 October 1944 B-24 Liberator serial number 42-50347 was flying from Greencastle, Ireland to Tibenham on a familiarisation flight over Britain. Onboard were 24 replacement crewmen who had been sent to the 445th Bomb Group after the unit had suffered heavy losses on the Kassel mission in September that year.
During the flight the B-24 broke up in mid-air over Birkenhead and all 24 men on board were killed when it crashed near Landican. The cause of the accident was never officially determined, though a fuel leak was cited as a possible factor.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 445th Bomb Group 703rd Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Aircraft crash site
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
10 May 1923 | ||
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Died |
18 October 1944 | Lieutenant Mosher was a pilot of a B-24 Liberator bomber and engaged in ferrying planes from the United States to England. He was killed on October 18, 1944, when the plane returning him and other ferry pilots, crashed on a flight between Ireland and the United States. | |
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Buried |
Poughkeepsie, New York, Verenigde Staten | Buried at the Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, New York, |
Revisions
2AD Roll of Honor / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
