Randolph Cheatham Moore
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
findagrave.com, photo from the Charlotte [North Carolina] Observer, 25 May 1944
Object Number - UPL 13786 - Randolph Cheatham Moore
Killed in A/C #42-38053 'Cap'n Crow' in a form up accident over the base on 7 May 1944. Target was Berlin. The plane had flares stored in the top turret and for some reason they exploded and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out The pilot Wright and Raper were possibly overcome by fumes and passed out. The rest of the crew bailed out, in all 5 of the crew were killed.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Jenny Lee aka Cap'n Crow
- Unit: 100th Bomb Group 457th Bomb Group 349th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
North Carolina | 7 December 1913 | findagrave.com says he was born in Virginia. |
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Buried |
Plot F Row 1 Grave 38 | ||
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Other Memorialized |
Crewe, VA USA | Crewe Cemetery Crewe Nottoway County Virginia, USA |
Revisions
Combat Chronology p. 130 Supplement p. 432 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia
