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LT  Jack C. MOORE

UNIT: 349th BOMB Sqdn POSITION: P 

Colonel Jack C Moore . Courtesy of Jan Zdiarsky 

POW File of Jack Moore . Courtesy of Jan Zdiarsky

SERIAL #: O-745193 STATUS: POW
MACR: 04867 CR: 04867

Comments1: 12 MAY 44 BRUX (WEST PALM BEACH, FL)

COMMENTS & NOTES

MEMO 1:

CREW

2ND LT JACK C, MOORE                  P POW 12 MAY 44 BRUX, OIL REFINERY (CZECH)         A/C #42-97127
2ND LT ROBERT L.BLAIS             CP POW 12 MAY 44 BRUX, OIL REFINERY (CZECH)    MACR #4867, Microfiche #1736
LT MONROE T. WHIDBY             BOM POW 12 MAY 44 BRUX, OIL REFINERY (CZECH)  
F/O ROSS O. McCLURE             NAV POW 12 MAY 44 BRUX, OIL REFINERY (CZECH)
S/SGT JOHN P. KIDNER            ROG POW 12 MAY 44 BRUX, OIL REFINERY (CZECH)
S/SGT HENRY HEIBER            TTE POW 12 MAY 44 BRUX, OIL REFINERY (CZECH)
S/SGT WILBUR G. DISHNEAU    BTG KIA   12 MAY 44 BRUX, OIL REFINERY (CZECH)
S/SGT JOHN J. JEDRYCK          RWG POW 12 MAY 44 BRUX, OIL REFINERY (CZECH)
S/SGT JAMES R. HUNTER         LWG POW 12 MAY 44 BRUX, OIL REFINERY (CZECH)
T/SGT CHARLES R. MUELLER       TG POW 12 MAY 44 BRUX, OIL REFINERY (CZECH)

349TH  CREW JOINED THE 100TH ON 06 MAR 44 (WHAT A DAY IT MUST HAVE BEEN TO COME ABOARD; THE 100TH LOST 15 AT BERLIN 06 MAR 44).pw
From MARCH 16-MARCH 31, 1944 S/SGT E.B. PETERS WAS THE TOGG ON THE CREW.
LT MONROE T. WHIDBY WAS BOMBARDIER ON THE CREW FROM APRIL 1, 1944 TILL THEY WERE SHOT DOWN ON 12 MAY 44 AND BECAME A POW…jb

Date Crew Nbr Mission Nbr Last Name Initial Rank Position Aircraft Nbr Target
3/16/1944 07 130 MOORE J.C. LT P 634 AUGSBURG
3/17/1944 07 131 MOORE J.C. LT P 37783 MUNICH
3/18/1944 07 132 MOORE J.C. LT P 37783 MUNCIH
3/19/1944 07 133 MOORE J.C. LT P 986 MARQUIS, MIMMOYEQUES
3/22/1944 07 134 MOORE J.C. LT P 53 ORANIENBURG (BERLIN)
3/23/1944 07 135 MOORE J.C. LT P 37783 BRUNSWICK/ WAGGUM
3/31/1944 07 139 MOORE J.C. LT P 83 LUDWIGSHAFEN /RECALLED
4/1/1944 07 140 MOORE J.C. LT P 53 LUDWIGSHAFEN
4/7/1944 07 141 MOORE J.C. LT P 53 QUAKENBRUCK (SCRUBBED)
4/8/1944 07 142 MOORE J.C. LT P 53 QUACKENBRUCK
4/13/1944 07 147 MOORE J.C. LT P 53 AUGSBURG
5/9/1944 07 114 MOORE J.C. LT P 107230 LAON/COUVRON; ANTHIES
5/12/1944 07 116 MOORE J.C. LT P 97127 BRUX, OIL REFINERY

EYEWITNESS:    "A/C #127 received a direct flak hit just behind the No #3 engine while over the target. The A/C peeled off on it's right wing, slipping down 2,000 feet. One chute came out. Plane then started a controlled glide and six more chutes came out. A/C seen to explode before hitting the ground."  Author is unknow..pw

Wilbur Dishneau appears to have been killed by flak in the Ball Turret. Jack Moore and Monroe T. Whidby were standing by the front escape hatch and were blown out when the ship exploded. Lt Moore suffered a broken leg, whether in the explosion or upon hitting the ground is unknown.

MEMO 2:

He was near the front escape hatch when the aircraft exploded and was blown out.  Suffered a broken leg, whether in the

KIA / MIA / EVA / INT INFORMATION:

TARGET: Brux DATE: 1944-05-12  
AIRCRAFT: (42-97127) CAUSE: FLAK - Explosion  

BURIAL INFORMATION

PLOT: ROW:  
GRAVE: CEMETERY:  

PHOTOS:

 Jack C. Moore crew Detailed Information (100th Photo Archives) 

                                  
- photo of Jack Moore holding a plaque to be placed on a local memorial in Cesky Jiretin village, where his B-17G had crashed. This is not far away from us.
The plaque was arranged by our Museum and was placed there one day after opening of our Museum, 14 September 1997. It honors Jack´s BTG Bill Dishneau, the only casualty of his crew. (Jack was present on the Museum opening ceremony as one of 100th BG veterans). Few days before we have also arranged his flight in a sport plane again over the Brux oil refinery (now Most, CZ). He took controls of that flight and our friend, the pilot says, Jack´s piloting was perfect. Courtesy of Jan Zdiarsky
                 
Plate courtesy of Jan Zdiarsky 
- two wreckage photos are of  the 42-97127 in Georgendorf (now Cesky Jiretin), not far away from the target Brux, high on mountain slopes over the target, on Czech side of the mountains, very close to German border.  jan zdiarsky 
- two wreckage photos are of  the 42-97127 in Georgendorf (now Cesky Jiretin), not far away from the target Brux, high on mountain slopes over the target, on Czech side of the mountains, very close to German border. Jan Zdiarsky

           
 

       
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