Ivan E Moody

Military

B-17G #42-37924 crashed upon landing at Little Staughton on return from training mission on 9 Jan 1944. Right landing gear failed to lower. RTD. Shot down by fighters and crashed near Wesel, GR on a mission to Oschersleben, GR on 22 Feb 1944 in B-17G #42-97488. Prisoner of War (POW).



POW

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Units served with

The insignia of the 384th Bomb Group.

384th Bomb Group

  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

42-5747

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Bucket of Bolts : Hangar Queen
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 384th Bomb Group 544th Bomb Squadron 547th Bomb Squadron 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron

42-97488

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Unit: 384th Bomb Group 547th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Other

P

30 November 1943

Other

Prisoner of War (POW)

Belgium 22 February 1944

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Sources

AAIR 43-11-30-519 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 2465 / MACR 2465, Losses of the 8th & 9th Air Forces, http://384thbombgroup.com/_content/_pages/PersonnelSearch.php?LastName=… / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database