Leo K Moser
MilitaryAssigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Rahmel, Poland in B-17 'Ole Worrybird' 42-102678 hit by flak burst lost 2 engines and fell out of formation 2-Nov-44 Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 10309.
Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16082534 / O-813576
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ole Worrybird
- Unit: 95th Bomb Group 334th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Kent, Washington, USA | 12 November 1915 | Son of William J Moser. |
Enlisted |
Seattle, WA, USA | 5 April 1943 | |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
78-220 Tychowo, Poland | 2 November 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Other Baled out |
Osnabrück, Germany | 2 November 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) mission to Rahmel, Poland in B-17 'Ole Worrybird' 42-102678 hit by flak burst lost 2 engines and fell out of formation 2-Nov-44 POW. MACR 10309. |
Died |
Seattle, WA, USA | 12 May 1991 | |
Based |
Horham | 2 November 1944 | Assigned to 334BS, 95BG, 8AF USAAF. |
Buried |
205 Northeast 205th Street, Shoreline, WA 98155, USA | Holyrood Catholic Cemetery Shoreline King County Washington |
Revisions
http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/dbmsn.asp?SN=42-102678&Submit6=Go
https://www.fold3.com/image/28731830
https://www.fold3.com/page/90854253-leo-k-moser/facts
https://www.fold3.com/record/71920529-leo-k-moser
http://wwii-pows.mooseroots.com/l/68963/Leo-K-Moser
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/37677098/leo-k-moser
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 10309 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database