Herbert W Moore

Military
media-30929.jpeg UPL 30929 Herbert W. Moore
Pilot
388th BG - 562nd BS
Flew two separate combat tours with the 388th BG totally 45 combat missions 388th Bomb Group collection

Object Number - UPL 30929 - Herbert W. Moore Pilot 388th BG - 562nd BS Flew two separate combat tours with the 388th BG totally 45 combat missions

Flew 2 tours with the 388th BG. total of 45 missions.



Air Medal w 6/Oak Leaf Cluster; DFC

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Radio Operator
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 482nd Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-669297
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 39099334
  • Highest Rank: Technician Third Grade
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Tail Gunner

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Little Willie
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 563rd Bomb Squadron
A B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 42-97105) of the 388th Bomb Group.
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Paper Doll
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 561st Bomb Squadron
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron
An airman of the 388th Bomb Group with a B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8146).
  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 388th Bomb Group 562nd Bomb Squadron

Missions

  • Date: 14 October 1944
  • Date: 7 October 1944
  • Date: 3 October 1944
  • Date: 2 October 1944
  • Date: 19 September 1944

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Buffalo, New York 27 July 1918

Enlisted

Lynchburg, VA, USA 15 October 1941 Camp Lee

Other

1st 388th BG Combat Tour

Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK 26 September 1943 - 20 February 1944

Other

2nd 388th BG Combat Tour

Knettishall, Diss IP22 2TH, UK 25 July 1944 - 24 December 1944

Died

Cumming, GA, USA 1 April 2010
Allegheny County, PA, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / self

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