Richard Leroy Moshier

Military

Assigned to 721BS, 450BG, 15AF USAAF. Ed Lee crew. Failed to Return (FTR) Isarco/Albes, Italy 28-Feb-45; flak hit to #4 engine, dropped 1000ft before control regained. Crashed vicinity of Conegliano, Italy Wounded, Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 12514



Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 721st Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 14174428 / O-2001566
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Better Late Than Never
  • Unit: 450th Bomb Group 98th Bomb Group 415th Bomb Squadron 721st Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Colesburg, PA 8 July 1925 Son of Roy R and Lelia P [Palmatier] Moshier.

Enlisted

Altoona, PA 15 June 1943 Altoona, Pennsylvania

Other

Baled out POW

Conegliano, Italy 28 February 1945 Failed to Return (FTR) Isarco/Albes, Italy 28-Feb-45; flak hit to #4 engine, dropped 1000ft before control regained. Crashed vicinity of Conegliano, Italy POW MACR 12514

Other

Hospitalised

Cortina, Italy 28 February 1945 Hospitalised in German hosital until liberation.

Other

Discharged USAAF

18 October 1945 Honourable discharge.

Died

Port Allegany, PA 6 November 1972 Pennsylvania

Buried

Eulalia Cemetery Coudersport, PA 10 November 1972 Eulalia Cemetery Coudersport, Potter County, PA