Sheldon E Moore
MilitarySheldon "John" Moore served as a Ball Turret Gunner with the 457th Bomb Group.
He was shot down on 28 May 1944 in B-17 42-97067 'Georgia Peach'. He survived, jumping out of the aircraft as it hit the ground.
He was taken as a Prisoner of War (POW).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Georgia Peach, Black Puff Polly
- Unit: 457th Bomb Group 94th Bomb Group 748th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 28 May 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Connington
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Enlisted |
Los Angeles, CA, USA | 19 January 1943 | Listed as married at the time of his enlistment. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 28 May 1944 - 16 May 1945 | |
Born |
California, USA |
Revisions
Brought in information from duplicate records for Sheldon Moore. Sources:
MACR 5297 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces
Information about Sheldon's nickname from his family.
Additional sources:
http://www.457thbombgroup.org/Fate/RLF036.HTML
http://www.457thbombgroupassoc.org/pow
https://aad.archives.gov/aad/record-detail.jsp?dt=893&mtch=2&cat=all&tf…
http://www.ww2pow.info/index.php?page=directory&rec=96321
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5297