Herbert Moore
Military | Captain | Pilot | 388th Bomb Group
Flew 2 tours with the 388th BG. total of 45 missions.
Air Medal w 6/Oak Leaf Cluster; DFC
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Warren M Fleener
Military
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TSGT Warren M. Fleener Radio Operator Herbert W. Moore Crew (1st Crew) 388th BG - 562nd BS
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Herbert W. Moore Crew 388th BG - 562nd BS Standing Left to Right: John F. Houston (B), Rolla L. Garretson (N), Dilbert B. Herbert (CP), Herbert W. Moore (P) Kneeling Left to Right: Howard M. Gaines (BTG), Lester B. Watson (WG), Marshall G. Meyers (FE), John J. Kirby (WG), Clarence Peak (TG), Warren M. Fleener (R/O) This crew completed a 26 mission tour
Service
People
Units served with
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388th Bomb Group
Group
The 388th Bomb Group flew strategic bombing mission from Knettishall, Suffolk from June 1943 to the end of the war. During this time, though, detachments were sent to Fersfield, Norfolk to conduct Aphrodite missions. In these Aphrodite missions veteran... -
562nd Bomb Squadron
Squadron
Aircraft
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42-30177 Charlene
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 24/4/43; Gore Fd 27/4/43; Cheyenne 2/5/43; Sioux City 13/5/43; Smoky Hill 11/6/43; Dow Fd 16/6/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 23/6/43 as CHARLENE; 15m transferred RCM 803BS Sculthorpe 19/1/44; Oulton 16/5/44; 36BS Cheddington... -
42-30660
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Amarillo 7/7/43; Cheyenne 25/7/43; Geiger 3/8/43; 393BG Sioux City 22/12/43; 224 BU Sioux City 6/3/45; Reconstruction Finance Corporation (sold for scrap metal in USA) Albuquerque 19/6/45. -
42-31163 A Good And Happy Ship
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 27/9/43; Gr Island 9/10/43; Nashville 12/10/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 14/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 6/3/44 with Chas Wallace, Co-pilot: Edwin Gilroy, Navigator: Dick Kohn, Bombardier: Marvin Horn, Flight engineer/top... -
42-31741 Thunderbolt/Hi Fever
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Denver 12/12/43; Kearney 30/12/43; RAF Nutts Corner 14/1/44; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 17/1/44; Missing in Action Liege 25/5/44 with Capt Jim Zengerle, Co-pilot: Albt Millin, Navigator: Walt Travis, Bombardier: Capt Wayne Barnett,... -
42-3295 Tech Supply / Wailuiku Maid
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Cheyenne 27/4/43; Bangor 15/6/43; Assigned 562BS/388BG Knettishall 23/6/43 TECH SUPPLY; crash landed base ex-Pas De Calais 24/12/43, Salvaged 2/6/45. WAILUIKU MAID. -
42-37839 Little Willie
B-17 Flying Fortress
Delivered Tulsa 20/9/43; Gr Island 14/10/43; Assigned 563BS/388BG [ -D] Knettishall 26/10/43; Missing in Action Berlin 9/3/44 with Bernie Dopko, Co-pilot: Gene Krifka, Navigator: Glenn Cederstrom, Bombardier: Bill Kelly, Flight engineer/top turret...
Associated Place
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Knettishall
Military site : airfield
Knettishall was built to Class A standard for an American Bomb Group that would be bringing up to forty heavy bombers with them in three or four Squadrons. The 388th Bomb Group, which stayed at Knettishall for their entire service in the ETO, flew B-17...
Events
| Event | Location | Date |
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| Born | Virgil, Missouri | 22 January 1921 |
| Lived in | Vernon County, MO, USA | 1942 |
| Enlisted | Lemay, MO 63125, USA | 4 August 1942 |
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Jefferson Barracks |
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| 388th BG Combat Tour | Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK | 26 September 1943 – 20 February 1944 |
| Died | Excelsior Springs, MO 64024, USA | 27 April 2002 |
| Buried | Leavenworth, KS, USA | 30 April 2002 |
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Leavenworth National Cemetery • Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas, USA |
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Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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| 08 December 2017 02:26:51 | 466thHistorian | Changes to service number, highest rank, events, place associations and aircraft associations |
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http://www.ww2enlistment.org/index.php?page=directory&rec=6505838 |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 27 September 2014 18:27:10 | AAM | AAM ingest |
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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / www.388bg.info/Personnel.html |
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