John Harold Moffitt

Military

Shot down 26 July 1943 in B-17 42-30209. Plane crashed into North Sea. Picked up by British Shore Patrol. Returned. One of the young men on rescue boat asked Moffitt to sign a pound note which he kept. Forty years later, he tracked down Moffitt and they met in England.



Moffitt was shot down again 9 September 1943 in B-17 42-30362 'Wee Bonnie II. ' Prisoner of War for 21 months at Stalag 17B.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 388th Bomb Group.

388th Bomb Group

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

Aircraft

42-30209

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group

42-30362

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron

Places

Stalag XVII-B

  • Site type: Prisoner of war camp
  • Known as: Stalag 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Old Fort, North Carolina 12 June 1920

Other

Returned

26 July 1943

Other

Prisoner of war

9 September 1943

Died

4 October 2008

Buried

Richmond, Virginia

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MACR 3134

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor; MACR 3134, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey pp. 278-9