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Personal info

Full name
MOORE, Robert Eugene
Date of birth
30 April 1919
Age
24
Place of birth
Dewey, Champaign County, Illinois
Hometown
Champaign County, Illinois

Military service

Service number
36301950
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Engineer/Top Turret Gunner
Unit
369th Bombardment Squadron,
306th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
29 July 1943
Place of death
North of Schuby near Schleswig, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
B 14 2

Immediate family

Members
Robert T. Moore (father)
Esther L. Moore (mother)
Willie S. Moore (halfbrother)
Kenneth Moore (brother)
Howard Moore (brother)
Dorothy Moore (sister)
Ruth Moore (sister)

Plane data

Serial number
42-5426
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Fightin' Bitin'
Destination: Kiel, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the U-boat yards
MACR: 123

More information

T/Sgt Robert E. Moore was a filling station attendant.

He joined the Regular Army in Camp Grant, Illinois on 17 October 1941.

An enemy aircraft hit a wing which blew off. Four crew members survived and were taken prisoner, four men were killed.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, Raf Dyckmans, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archves.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - U.S., Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1920 Census, www.fold3.com, 1940 US Census

Photo source: www.findagrave.com, The Pantagraph -14 October 1943