Morris E Moore
Military
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Object Number - UPL 56810 - Morris E "Bud" Moore
Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. Crew 215, Group 2. Passenger of C-47, bound for Munich, crashed Schlatt, Germany 4-Nov-45. Died Non Battle (DNB)
Awards: AM, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Air Division
- Service Numbers: 19176619
- Highest Rank: Sergeant (RAF)
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: 16052697
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Air Division
- Service Numbers: O-783765
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Air Division
- Service Numbers: 35761629
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 3rd Air Division
- Service Numbers: 17127786
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Million Dollar Baby
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 410th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: C-47 Skytrain
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Rapid City Spook False Courage
- Unit: 34th Bomb Group 4th Bomb Squadron
Missions
- Date: 21 April 1945
- Date: 20 April 1945
![Ground crew of the 25th Bomb Group spray foam onto the crashed Mosquito (serial number NS748) at Watton, 19 April 1945. Official caption printed on image: '(G-AD-[illegible])(19-4-45)(MOS.748CRASH)(REST.)'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-378760.jpg.webp?itok=TJkJfBbS)
- Date: 19 April 1945
- Date: 17 April 1945
- Date: 15 April 1945
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Rougham
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
14 May 1923 | Son of Floyd Ernest and Inda Ethel [Kendall] Moore (Marion, Indiana) | |
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Enlisted |
12 December 1942 | Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana | |
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Based |
2 April 1945 - 4 November 1945 | Assigned to 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Died Plane crash |
Schlatt (Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg region), Germany | 4 November 1945 | All passengers listed below on board C-47A Skytrain personnel transport mission from Bovingdon, England to Munich, Germany (Tail #43-15104) carrying members of a heavy bomber crew and transporting suppliers from Britain to Germany. All 16 killed while bound for Munich and crashed over Schlatt (Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg region), Germany approx. 3pm CET after hitting a mountain due to dense fog. CREW: 2nd Lt Albert Bernard Apple – (aged 22) – DOB: August 3, 1924 (Service ID #O-831078; 324TCS, 516TCG, 9AF USAAF. Pilot of C-47) CREW: S/SGT Harry Vanver Peters (aged 21) – DOB: July 5, 1923 (Service ID #35761629; 8AF USAAF. Co-pilot of C-47) CREW: 2nd Lt Roger James Dibble (aged 23) – DOB: September 1, 1922 (Service ID #17114490 / O-2009502; 324TCS, 516TCG, 9AF USAAF. Co-Pilot of C-47) CREW: CPL Heinz “Henry” Fred Jendral – (aged 25) – DOB: May 3, 1920 (Service ID #36851369; 324TCS, 516TCG, 9AF USAAF. Flight Engineer of C-47) S/SGT Morris E. Moore (aged 22) – DOB: May 14, 2023 (Flight Engineer/Top turret Gunner Service ID #15383040; 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF) S/SGT John Paul Gattermeir (aged 23) – DOB: February 18, 1922 (Service ID #16052697; 8AF USAAF) S/SGT Ray Alfred Millsaps (aged 23) – DOB: June 23, 1922 (Waist Gunner; Service ID #19138243; 332BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF) S/SGT Earl Leroy Block (aged 21) – DOB: January 16, 1924 (Service ID #39410912; 442TCG, 9AF USAAF) S/SGT Martin Kenez, Jr. (aged 27) – DOB: August 28, 1918 (Service ID #12034722; 442TCG, 9AF USAAF) S/SGT David Jack (aged 32) – DOB: April 8, 1913 (Service ID #36676404; 442TCG, 9AF USAAF) SGT Arthur Bernhart Cederberg (aged 23) – DOB: October 30, 1922 (Service ID #19176619; 8AF USAAF) T/SGT Claude Morris White (aged 21) – DOB: January 24, 1924 (Service ID #17127786; 8AF USAAF) T/SGT Laverne Fredrick Redfield (aged 21) – DOB: October 25, 1924 (Service ID #36824420; 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF) 1st Lt Norman Paul Henderson – (aged 24) – DOB: February 25, 1921 (Service ID #O-783765; Heavy Bomber Pilot 3rd Air Division, 8th AF) 1st Lt Ernest William Koskela (aged 23) – DOB: June 28, 1922 (Service ID #O-828193; 331BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF) Flight Officer Jackie Eugene Daves (aged 21) – DOB: February 18, 1924 (Service ID #T-006255; 410BS, 94BG, 8AF USAAF) |
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Buried |
12 April 1950 | Re-InterredFort Scott National CemeteryFort Scott,Bourbon County, Kansas | |
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Buried |
MemorialisedGrant Memorial ParkMarion,Grant County, Indiana |
Revisions
Military research, family records, Find A Grave & Air Transport Command log dated July 12, 1946
Additional info (Bomb Group and Squadron) taken from Chester "Chet" R. Davis obituary 2018 (Chet was the Pilot & Plane Commander
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84321327/morris-e-moore-wwii-army-enlistme…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/1008723/morris-e-moore
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/89632742/morris-e-moore
Information provided by Shelly Smith, Relative. Find a Grave (burial in mass grave), Find a Grave (cenotaph)
