Vernon L Moody
MilitaryVernon Moody was Right Waist Gunner on B-17 #42-39941 'Lucky Lady', shot down 12 May 1944 over Southern Belgium. Prisoner of War (POW).
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- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 730th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 33430645
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39555640
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Ball Turret Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 35002173 and O-453171
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 452nd Bomb Group 731st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12120789 and O-818248
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
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Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Norton, Kansas, USA | 12 January 1924 | |
Enlisted |
Denver, Colorado, United States | 2 April 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Germany | 12 May 1944 | MACR 4819 mentions that, together with fellow crew members Leon Davies and George Brush, he was captured by the Gestapo in Sprimont, Belgium, in civilian clothes on 12 May 1944. There is no confirmation of this and either they were not in civilian clothes or they were arrested on a later date. NARA WWII POW records : “Returned to Military Control 30/07/1945“ |
Died |
Tucson, Arizona, United States | 2 August 1996 | |
Buried |
National Memorial Cemetery of Arizona, Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 4819 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database