Name | Moore, Lloyd Welch Ace ‡ |
Rank | Staff Sergeant / Technical Sergeant |
Serial Number | 19002060 ‡ |
Unit Assignments | Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #143, Extract, dated 17 November 1943, effective 17 November 1943. |
Duty | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner |
Last Duty Date | 22 February 1944 |
Results |
Prisoner Of War POW Camp: Stalag Luft 3 Sagan-Silesia (Moved to Nuremberg-Langwasser) 49-11 |
Additional Information |
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Related Documents | Missing Air Crew Report # 2465⇓ (16.916 MB) Accident Report # 43-11-30-519⇓ (7.554 MB) |
Photo Album: | Crew Photo Album⇗ |
CREWMEMBER | POSITION | RESULTS |
---|---|---|
2nd Lt. DeFrees, Norman Francis⇗ | Pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Hunt, George Sylvester⇗ | Co-pilot | POW |
2nd Lt. Moody, Ivan Everett⇗ | Navigator | POW |
2nd Lt. Miller, Ellis Leroy⇗ | Bombardier | POW |
S/SGT. Wright, William Clifford⇗ | Radio Operator / Gunner | POW |
S/SGT. Moore, Lloyd Welch Ace | Engineer / Top Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Smith, Luther Earl, "Smitty"⇗ | Ball Turret Gunner | POW |
SGT. Kushner, Jack (NMI), "Kush"⇗ | Tail Gunner | POW |
SGT. Ecker, John Erie⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
SGT. Hallam, Harley Ross⇗ | Flexible Gunner | POW |
Number | Date | Target | Position | Aircraft | Mission/Sortie Information |
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-- | 30 November 1943 |
None Non-combat sortie |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑5747⇗ |
DeFrees and minimal crew were ferrying the aircraft from Little Staughton to Grafton Underwood. The left landing gear was damaged when the aircraft landed short and hard. He was instructed to return to Little Staughton and crash-land there. Sortie Report⇗ |
42⇗ | 13 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37793⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Sortie Report⇗ |
43⇗ | 16 December 1943 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Bremen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37793⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
45⇗ | 22 December 1943 |
Target: Steel Shops/Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Osnabrück, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑39888⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
49⇗ | 4 January 1944 |
Target: Port Area Type: Transportation Location: Kiel, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37793⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Flying Spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗ |
51⇗ | 7 January 1944 |
Target: Powerhouse Type: Industry Location: Ludwigshafen, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37793⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
-- | 9 January 1944 |
None Non-combat sortie |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37924⇗ |
Crashed on training mission. Right landing gear would not lower. Made a belly landing at Little Staughton. Aircraft was written off. Sortie Report⇗ |
54⇗ | 21 January 1944 |
Target: NOBALL (V-1 Launch Site) Type: CROSSBOW (V-Weapons) Location: Preuseville, France |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37793⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
55⇗ | 29 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Parts Plants Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37793⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low group. Sortie Report⇗ |
56⇗ | 30 January 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Assembly Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Brunswick / Braunschweig, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑39962⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Lead group. Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 42‑37793. Sortie Report⇗ |
58⇗ | 4 February 1944 |
Target: Alfred Teves Main Works: Aircraft Parts Plant Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37793⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit High group, 41st A Combat Wing. Sortie Report⇗ |
61⇗ | 8 February 1944 |
Target: Piston Ring Factory Type: Industry Location: Frankfurt am Main, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑37793⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Crash-landed on a golf course near Brighton, Sussex, on return; plane rtd to service after a month. Sortie Report⇗ |
63⇗ | 20 February 1944 |
Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Leipzig & Bernburg, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑31433⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit 41B Group. Sortie Report⇗ |
64⇗ | 21 February 1944 |
Target: Fighter Field & Aircraft Storage Depot Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Werl, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97488⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗ |
65⇗ | 22 February 1944 |
Target: Aircraft Factory Type: Aircraft Industry Location: Halberstadt & Aschersleben, Germany |
Engineer/Top Turret | 42‑97488⇗ |
Combat Mission Credit Failed To Return 41B Group. Shot down in vigorous attacks by 10-15 Me-109s, between 1230 and 1300 hrs near Münster, Germany; crashed near Dortmund or Wesel, Germany. MACR 2465. Sortie Report⇗ |