Edward Kane Moffly

Military

Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF. Co-pilot to Mark Carnell, later to Bill DeSanders. 25 x combat missions. ETD





Awards: DFC, AM, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Units served with

Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

100th Bomb Group

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

People

Mark Everett Carnell

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Captain
  • Role/Job: Pilot

William Dwayne Desanders

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: at enlistment 18038917
  • Highest Rank: Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

42-30047

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Sweater Girl
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron
Three airmen of the 100th Bomb Group, Lieutenant Kenneth Menzie, Lieutenant Donald Strout and Lieutenant Norman Scott, plan the route they will take during the next mission in their B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-30380). Image stamped on reverse: 'Reviewed and passed U.S. Army 23 Aug 1943 Press Censor E.T.O. U.S.A.' [stamp]'. Passed for publication 23 August 1943 INTLD 16 General Section Press Censorship Bureau '[stamp], 'Associated Press' [stamp] and '280035.' [Censor no.] Printed caption on reve

42-30380

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 25th Bomb Group 802nd Reconnaissance Group (SP) 350th Bomb Squadron

42-3279

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 100th Bomb Group 25th Bomb Group 350th Bomb Squadron 652nd Bomb Squadron

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Philadelphia, PA 31 January 1922 Son of John Wesley and Audrey K Moffly.

Died

Rockledge, FL 14 May 1997

Buried

West Laurel Hill Cemetery Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, PA 17 May 1997 West Laurel Hill Cemetery Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Based

Thorpe Abbotts Assigned to 350BS, 100BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / http://www.mcadams.org/fpdb/sqds_name2.asp