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MOORE, Richard F Jr - Date of
birth
26 April 1923 -
Age
21 - Place of
birth
Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut -
Hometown
Fairfield County, Connecticut
Personal info
Military service
- Service
number
O-709432 -
Rank
Second Lieutenant -
Function
Navigator -
Unit
337th Bombardment Squadron,
96th Bombardment Group, Heavy
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Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal
Death
-
Status
Killed in Action - Date of
death
12 May 1944 - Place of
death
500 meter south of Hartmannshain, Germany
Grave
-
Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
| Plot | Row | Grave |
|---|---|---|
| B | 23 | 12 |
Immediate family
-
Members
Richard F. Moore Sr. (father)
Grace (Barratt) Moore (mother)
Evelyn Moore (sister)
Francis Moore (sister)
Plane data
- Serial
number
42-31718 -
Data
Type: B-17G
Destination: Brux, Czechoslovakia
Mission: Bombing of the oil refineries
MACR:4857
More information
2nd Lt Richard F. Moore, Jr. graduated from Bassick High School in 1940.The aircraft was heavily attacked by enemy fighters. A/C 718 was hit on the first attack, the plexiglass and metallic section of the nose was brown off by 20mm machinegun fire. A man was hanging out and the ammunition belting was also manging The A/C left formation peeling to the right under control. The airplane was on fire when they crashed and landed 500 meters north of Bellmuth, 500 meters South of Harmannshain, at the border of a forest on a barley field.
2nd Lt Moore was killed by a blast attack of enemy planes while in the air. He was last seen by his crewmembers in the nose of the ship when it burned up.
He and T/Sgt Paul T. Humphrey were recovered from the plane and were initially buried at Hartmannshain on 13 May 1944.
Lt Moore, Jr. is remembered at Nichols Farm Burial Ground in Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut with a memorial marker.
Source of information: Astrid van Erp, Terry Hirsch, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.ancestry.com - U.S. Headstone and Interment Records for U.S. Military Cemeteries on Foreign Soil / 1930 Census, www.fold3.com - MACR
Photo source: Jac Engels, www.findagrave.com, Bassick High School 1940