Roy R Moser
Military ROLL OF HONOUR10-Jul-1942 Assigned as Bombardier of B-17F #41-24619 [GN-S] "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. It appears from available records that he and his crew were re-assigned to B-17F #42-2966 at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine on or about 5-Oct-42. He, his crew and B-17F #42-2966 arrived at Molesworth, UK on 28-Oct-42.
Killed in Action (KIA) 23-Jan-1943 in B-17F #41-24584 "Susfu" while serving as Bombardier. The aircraft was shot down by German fighters upon return from a mission to Lorient, France and crashed near Edern, France.
Participated in 8 Operations (4-were Aborted) See Biography events.
CONTAINS data from the ingest of records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey p. 66, MACR 15571, WWII Memorial web site.
Connections
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Units served with
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 22 November 1942
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- Date: 18 November 1942
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- Date: 17 November 1942
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Places
Events
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Other Assigned to Aircraft |
Alamogordo, NM 88310, USA | 10 July 1942 | Assigned as Bombardier with crew of B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BS at Alamogordo Field, Alamogordo, New Mexico. |
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Other Change in Aircraft Assignment |
Bangor, ME, USA | 5 October 1942 | Re-assigned, with crew, to B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS at Dow Field, Bangor, Maine. |
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Other Arrived in UK |
Molesworth, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE28, UK | 28 October 1942 | Arrived at Molesworth, UK as Bombardier of B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS. |
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Other Mission #1, 2LT Roy R. Moser, w/B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 17 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #2, 2LT Roy R. Moser, w/B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 18 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St. Nazaire, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #3, 2LT Roy R. Moser, w/B-17F 41-24619, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Lorient, France | 22 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24619 "S-for-Sugar", 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Loreint, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #4, 2LT Roy R. Moser, w/B-17F 41-24517, 303BG/427BS |
Saint-Nazaire, France | 23 November 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24517 "Kali", 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at St Nazaire, France. RTB OK |
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Other Mission #5, 2LT Roy R. Moser, w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS |
Lille, France | 5 December 1942 | Served as Left Waist Gunner of B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the carriage and wagon works at Lille, France. RTB OK |
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Other Mission #6, 2LT Roy R. Moser, w/B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BS - Aborted |
Romilly-sur-Seine, France | 20 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 42-2966, 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the German air depot at Romilly-sur-Seine, France, but mechanical failures forced the pilot to abort the sortie. RTB OK. |
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Other Mission #7, 2LT Roy R. Moser, w/B-17F 41-24569, 303BG/427BS |
Lorient, France | 30 December 1942 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24569 "Memphis Tot", 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. RTB OK |
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Other Killed in Action (KIA) |
Edern, France | 23 January 1943 | Killed when aircraft was attacked by enemy aircraft and crashed at Abbey Pleyben near Edern, France. |
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Other Mission #8, 2LT Roy R. Moser, w/B-17F 41-24584, 303BG/427BS - KIA |
23 January 1943 | Served as Bombardier of B-17F 41-24584 "Susfu", 303BG/427BG on a mission to bomb the U-Boat pens at Lorient, France. The aircraft was shot down by fighters and he was Killed in Action (KIA). | |
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Buried |
Buried in the Brittany American Cemetery, Plot N, Row 5, Grave 11. |
Revisions
Added a "#" to all the A/C serial numbers in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity.
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added reference of duplicate data incorporated.
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Correcting typo in Arrived in UK Description.
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Mission #8 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Jan-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/011.pdf
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Mission #7 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 30-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/008.pdf
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Mission #6 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 20-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/007.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #5 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 6-Dec-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/005.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #4 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 23-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/004.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #3 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 22-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/003.pdf
Lee Cunningham 19-Dec-2015. Added Mission #2 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 18-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/002.pdf
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Mission #1 event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Mission Report of 17-Nov-42: http://www.303rdbg.com/missionreports/001.pdf
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Arrived in UK event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Harry A. Robey crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-robey.html
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Harry A. Robey crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-robey.html
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added Assigned to Aircraft event per 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian, Harry A. Robey crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-robey.html
Lee Cunningham 21-Dec-2015. Added initiail aircraft assignment, arrival in UK and mission participation satement to Summary Biography; made connections to all aircraft and missionparticipation based on my research of 303BG Mission Reports, 303BG website, Gary Moncur, Historian and Harry A. Robey crew page: http://www.303rdbg.com/c-427-robey.html
Lee Cunningham 22-Jan-2105. Added SN and KIA event per MACR 15571; Added decorations and Burial event per American Battle Monuments Commission (ABMC) record; made connections to Place, Aircraft & Mission within existing website data; crafted Biography per "Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces" Stan Bishop & John A. Hey MBE.
Lee Cunningham 21-Jan-2015. Corrected Squadron ans aircraft associations.
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