Norman Bernhard Moerbe
Military
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UPL 54930
1LT Norman B. Moerbe
Bombardier/Navigator
340th Bomb Group - 489th BS -12th AF
Bombardier/Navigator
340th Bomb Group - 489th BS -12th AF
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Advanced Landing Ground Alesanie
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Winchester, TX | 25 April 1917 | |
Other Graduated Bombardier School |
Victorville, CA | 13 November 1943 | Class 43-16 Victorville Army Airfield |
Other Combat Mission |
Ferrara, Italy | 3 July 1944 | |
Died |
Port Arthur, Texas | 13 December 2011 | Norman B. Moerbe, age 94 of Port Arthur, Texas, passed away on Tuesday, September 13, 2011. Norman was born in Winchester, Texas on April 25, 1917 to Benhard and Martha Zoch Moerbe. He was a 91 year resident of Port Arthur, receiving his primary education at the Trinity Lutheran Church school, where he was a long time member. Norman went to work at Texaco, Inc. at the age of 19 leaving to join the United States Air Force during World War II. He was a Bombardier on B-25's with 57 missions and reached the rank of Major. After service Norman went back to Texaco where he retired as night foreman over the Lab and research. |
Buried |
Port Neches, Texas | 16 December 2011 | Oak Bluff Memorial Park Port Neches, Jefferson County, Texas, USA |
Port Arthur, Texas |
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Sources
https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/items/show/46931
https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/items/show/47153#?c=0&m=0…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/76595108/norman-bernhard-moerbe
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=3693&h=9102916…
General Orders #183 - HQ 12th Air Force - 4 October 1944 (extract)