Thomas Leland Moore
MilitaryAssigned to 840BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Member of Ken Weston crew. Missing in Action Budapest 30-Jul-44; downed by flak, crashed Budapest; 10 x POW MACR 7107.
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, EAME (2BS), WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 840th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Saint Louis, Missouri | 2 November 1923 | Born Saint Louis, Missouri |
Enlisted |
13 January 1943 | ||
Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft IV, Tychowo, Poland | 30 July 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft IV |
Other Discharged |
12 October 1945 | ||
Died |
Fort Smith, Arkansas | 21 May 1998 | Died Fort Smith, Arkansas |
Buried |
Fort Smith National Cemetery, Arkansas | 24 May 1998 | Interred Fort Smith National Cemetery Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Arkansas |