S/Sgt.Waist gunner Asst. Radio Op. Leroy H. Moore KIA
Hometown: Ashley County Arkansas
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 38506216
Awards:Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, three Battle Stars, posthumously, the Purple Heart
Pilot
Target: Hamburg
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 8-Aug-1944
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Pennie
Location: England
Cause: Flak. 1 KIA
FAG member Sandra's Obit
Staff Sgt. Leroy H. Moore, 20, son of Walter and Alma O. Moore of Crossett, a 1942 graduate of Crossett High School, entered the Army Air Corps May 21, 1943. He trained at Scott Field, Illinois, and served overseas in England and Germany with the 565 Bomber Squadron, 389 Bomber Group (Heavy). His awards included the Air Medal and two Oak Leaf Clusters, three Battle Stars and, posthumously, the Purple Heart. He was killed in action August 6, 1944, in Germany. A fellow airman wrote that Leroy was on his fourteenth mission, flying to an oil refinery at Hapsburg, six miles south of Hamburg, Germany. His plane, Pennie, was the lead aircraft on the mission.Flak was intense, with flak coming through the side of the plane and hitting Leroy above the knee. Crew members applied a tourniquet, but the B-24 bomber lost an engine, which delayed the return to base. Immediately after the landing, the base doctors took over, but he died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Funeral services were held August 8, 1944, at the American Military Cemetery in Cambridge, England. He was a gunner and radio operator on a B-24 bomber. He is also listed in some places as age 22 and a Hamburg High graduate. He is buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
Hometown: Ashley County Arkansas
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 38506216
Awards:Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, three Battle Stars, posthumously, the Purple Heart
Pilot
Target: Hamburg
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 8-Aug-1944
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Pennie
Location: England
Cause: Flak. 1 KIA
FAG member Sandra's Obit
Staff Sgt. Leroy H. Moore, 20, son of Walter and Alma O. Moore of Crossett, a 1942 graduate of Crossett High School, entered the Army Air Corps May 21, 1943. He trained at Scott Field, Illinois, and served overseas in England and Germany with the 565 Bomber Squadron, 389 Bomber Group (Heavy). His awards included the Air Medal and two Oak Leaf Clusters, three Battle Stars and, posthumously, the Purple Heart. He was killed in action August 6, 1944, in Germany. A fellow airman wrote that Leroy was on his fourteenth mission, flying to an oil refinery at Hapsburg, six miles south of Hamburg, Germany. His plane, Pennie, was the lead aircraft on the mission.Flak was intense, with flak coming through the side of the plane and hitting Leroy above the knee. Crew members applied a tourniquet, but the B-24 bomber lost an engine, which delayed the return to base. Immediately after the landing, the base doctors took over, but he died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Funeral services were held August 8, 1944, at the American Military Cemetery in Cambridge, England. He was a gunner and radio operator on a B-24 bomber. He is also listed in some places as age 22 and a Hamburg High graduate. He is buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
S/Sgt.Waist gunner Asst. Radio Op. Leroy H. Moore KIA
Hometown: Ashley County Arkansas
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 38506216
Awards:Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, three Battle Stars, posthumously, the Purple Heart
Pilot
Target: Hamburg
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 8-Aug-1944
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Pennie
Location: England
Cause: Flak. 1 KIA
FAG member Sandra's Obit
Staff Sgt. Leroy H. Moore, 20, son of Walter and Alma O. Moore of Crossett, a 1942 graduate of Crossett High School, entered the Army Air Corps May 21, 1943. He trained at Scott Field, Illinois, and served overseas in England and Germany with the 565 Bomber Squadron, 389 Bomber Group (Heavy). His awards included the Air Medal and two Oak Leaf Clusters, three Battle Stars and, posthumously, the Purple Heart. He was killed in action August 6, 1944, in Germany. A fellow airman wrote that Leroy was on his fourteenth mission, flying to an oil refinery at Hapsburg, six miles south of Hamburg, Germany. His plane, Pennie, was the lead aircraft on the mission.Flak was intense, with flak coming through the side of the plane and hitting Leroy above the knee. Crew members applied a tourniquet, but the B-24 bomber lost an engine, which delayed the return to base. Immediately after the landing, the base doctors took over, but he died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Funeral services were held August 8, 1944, at the American Military Cemetery in Cambridge, England. He was a gunner and radio operator on a B-24 bomber. He is also listed in some places as age 22 and a Hamburg High graduate. He is buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
Hometown: Ashley County Arkansas
Squadron: 565th BS 389th Bomb Group
Service # 38506216
Awards:Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters, three Battle Stars, posthumously, the Purple Heart
Pilot
Target: Hamburg
Missing Air Crew Report Details
USAAF MACR#:
Date Lost: 8-Aug-1944
Aircraft Model B-24
Aircraft Letter:
Aircraft Name: Pennie
Location: England
Cause: Flak. 1 KIA
FAG member Sandra's Obit
Staff Sgt. Leroy H. Moore, 20, son of Walter and Alma O. Moore of Crossett, a 1942 graduate of Crossett High School, entered the Army Air Corps May 21, 1943. He trained at Scott Field, Illinois, and served overseas in England and Germany with the 565 Bomber Squadron, 389 Bomber Group (Heavy). His awards included the Air Medal and two Oak Leaf Clusters, three Battle Stars and, posthumously, the Purple Heart. He was killed in action August 6, 1944, in Germany. A fellow airman wrote that Leroy was on his fourteenth mission, flying to an oil refinery at Hapsburg, six miles south of Hamburg, Germany. His plane, Pennie, was the lead aircraft on the mission.Flak was intense, with flak coming through the side of the plane and hitting Leroy above the knee. Crew members applied a tourniquet, but the B-24 bomber lost an engine, which delayed the return to base. Immediately after the landing, the base doctors took over, but he died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Funeral services were held August 8, 1944, at the American Military Cemetery in Cambridge, England. He was a gunner and radio operator on a B-24 bomber. He is also listed in some places as age 22 and a Hamburg High graduate. He is buried at the Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England.
Gravesite Details
Entered the service from Arkansas.
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