Joseph L Moreau | American Air Museum

Joseph L Moreau Jr

Military

Shot down 16 December 1943 in B-17 #42-30348 'Royal Flush'. Prisoner of War (POW). Captured and interred at Stalag XVII B in Austria

POW

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Units served with

390th Bomb Group

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

A B-17 Flying Fortress (TS-C, serial number 42-9768) of the 333rd Bomb Squadron, 94th Bomb Group, takes off in front of another B-17 Flying Fortress (CC-Z) of the 569th Bomb Squadron, 390th Bomb Group.

569th Bomb Squadron

Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-30348

Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Nicknames: Royal Flush
Unit: 390th Bomb Group 569th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event	Location	Date
Born	Westbrook, Maine	18 March 1923
Other Prisoner of War (POW)		16 December 1943
Died		1 April 2008
Buried	Manchester, New Hampshire

Revisions

Date6 Oct 2023 22:43:46

Contributorjmoore43

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Added S/N per WW2 POW records at the National Archives (NARA).

Date7 Mar 2020 19:17:21

Contributorjmoore43

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Added the words "Possible DUPLICATE" in the nickname field so an admin can check out this person.

Date7 Mar 2020 19:16:34

Contributorjmoore43

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Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Added a connection to A/C #42-30348 listed in the "Summary biography".

Date27 Sep 2014 18:17:26

ContributorAAM

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1728/son