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Personal info

Full name
MOODY, Eleazar L
Date of birth
26 July 1918
Age
26
Place of birth
Texas
Hometown
Cameron County, Texas

Military service

Service number
O-735139
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Function
Bombardier
Unit
412th Bombardment Squadron,
95th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart,
Air Medal

Death

Status
Finding of Death
Date of death
29 July 1944
Place of death
Near Lathen, Germany

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Margraten
Walls of the Missing

Immediate family

Members
Jose T. Moody (father)
Ascencion G. Moody (mother)
Edelmiro J. Moody (brother)
Iris Moody (sister)
Esther Moody (sister)
Eva M. Moody (sister)
Martha O. Moody (wife)
Eleazar T. (Tommy) Moody (son)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30150
Data
Type: B-17F
Nickname: Exterminator
Destination: Oschersleben, Germany
Mission: Bombing of the Ago / Focke-Wulf - aircraft industry
MACR: 214

More information

2nd Lt Eleazar L. Moody graduated from San Benito High School in 1937 and attended college.

He joined the Air Corps of the Regular Army at Fort Sam Houston, Texas on 3 April 1941.

The airplane was attacked by enemy aircraft and exploded. According to witnesses, one parachute was seen to open. The entire crew of ten was killed and is remembered at the Walls of the Missing at Margraten. Their remains were never found.

The mission took place on 28 July 1943. The entire crew was officially declared dead one year and one day after they were reported missing in action.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, Peter Schouteten, Marianela Moody Martinez, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.fold3.com, www.archives.gov, www.ancestry.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, http://www.sanbenitohistory.com/projects/Supreme_Sacrifice/Men/Eleazar_L._Moody.html

Photo source: Peter Schouteten, Brian Hodges