Claude Creath Moore
MilitaryAssigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. Landing accident, RAF Watton, in Mosquito RG113 6-Apr-45 RTD.
Shot down in Mosquito NS792, by Free French Airforce P-51 Mustang on Graypea (chaff drop) mission to Germany 9-Apr-45. Wounded in Action (WIA). Transferred to Det. Pnts. Of 7th Army.
Awards: AM (3OLC), PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 25th Bomb Group 491st Bomb Group 654th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 15302090 / O-705419
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
Missions
- Date: 8 October 1944
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Des Moines, IA | 15 March 1916 | Son of Mary Dille Moore. |
Enlisted |
Kansas City, KS | 13 November 1943 | Kansas City, Kansas |
Other Discharged USAAF |
20 October 1946 | Honourable discharge. | |
Died |
Topeka, KS | 15 June 2003 | |
Buried |
Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, KS | 19 June 2003 | Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas |
Based |
Watton | Assigned to 654BS, 25BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
Other Draft registration |
Kansas City, KS | Employed by Fox Midwest Theatres, Kansas City. |
Revisions
Norman Malayney, "The 25th Bomb Group (Rcn) in WWII" Shiffer Publications Ltd. 2011.
Combat Chronology, Unit History; Aerial Intelligence of the 8th Air Force, pg 177 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia