Robert W. Moore - Obituary
GLASGOW - Robert Wilson "Todd" Moore, 81, of Glasgow died April 21, 2003, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital.
The Louisville native graduated from Anchorage High School and attended Duke University. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and was a highly decorated "Ace" fighter pilot, serving in the South Pacific. His last assignment was commanding officer of the 45th Fighter Squadron at Iwo Jima. He later activated the Kentucky Air National Guard Fighter Squadron in 1949. He was actively engaged in promoting private, business and pleasure flying and was chairman of the Glasgow Airport Board from 1957 to 1967, when he was named commissioner of Aeronautics for Kentucky. He was managing partner and president of L.L. Morris Supply Co., a crude oil supply business in Glasgow, Greensburg, Greenville and Beattyville and was past president of Kentucky Oil and Gas Association. He was the son of the late Henry W. and Kate Bell Moore.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church, where he was a member and honorary deacon, with burial in Glasgow Municipal Cemetery.
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"Todd" Moore was the leading fighter ace of the U.S. Seventh Air Force in World War 2. Although he served with distinction flying P-51's from Iwo Jima in 1945, the mission which Todd Moore considered to be his most memorable was flown in a P-40N from the Gilbert Islands in January 1944. The 45th FS was tasked with protecting B-25s of the 41st Bomb Group that were attacking Japanese airfields deep in the Marshall Islands. As the B-25s passed over Arno Atoll the Japanese pilots did not see P-40N's of the 45th FS diving to attack them. Within minutes ten enemy aircraft were destroyed, two more listed as probables, and none of the P-40's had been lost. Lt. Moore scored his first victory in this engagement when he attacked a Zero that was attempting to disengage from the fight. As Lt. Moore approached, the Japanese pilot saw him and turned for a head-on attack. Moore stayed with the Zero and fired a burst which hit its engine and wing root. As their planes passed each other, Lt. Moore turned and got on the Zero's tail. "As I closed in on the Zero, he turned slowly over on his back as though the pilot was already dead. I closed to about 700 feet and gave him a slight lead and exploded the fighter with a very short burst."
It had been an exceptional mission. The 45th pilots had not only won a great victory in their first large air battle, but they had also demonstrated their skills as aviators by flying round trip of over 800 statute miles over water to accomplish the mission. The Japanese pulled their fighter units out of the area later in that same day.
GLASGOW - Robert Wilson "Todd" Moore, 81, of Glasgow died April 21, 2003, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital.
The Louisville native graduated from Anchorage High School and attended Duke University. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and was a highly decorated "Ace" fighter pilot, serving in the South Pacific. His last assignment was commanding officer of the 45th Fighter Squadron at Iwo Jima. He later activated the Kentucky Air National Guard Fighter Squadron in 1949. He was actively engaged in promoting private, business and pleasure flying and was chairman of the Glasgow Airport Board from 1957 to 1967, when he was named commissioner of Aeronautics for Kentucky. He was managing partner and president of L.L. Morris Supply Co., a crude oil supply business in Glasgow, Greensburg, Greenville and Beattyville and was past president of Kentucky Oil and Gas Association. He was the son of the late Henry W. and Kate Bell Moore.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church, where he was a member and honorary deacon, with burial in Glasgow Municipal Cemetery.
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"Todd" Moore was the leading fighter ace of the U.S. Seventh Air Force in World War 2. Although he served with distinction flying P-51's from Iwo Jima in 1945, the mission which Todd Moore considered to be his most memorable was flown in a P-40N from the Gilbert Islands in January 1944. The 45th FS was tasked with protecting B-25s of the 41st Bomb Group that were attacking Japanese airfields deep in the Marshall Islands. As the B-25s passed over Arno Atoll the Japanese pilots did not see P-40N's of the 45th FS diving to attack them. Within minutes ten enemy aircraft were destroyed, two more listed as probables, and none of the P-40's had been lost. Lt. Moore scored his first victory in this engagement when he attacked a Zero that was attempting to disengage from the fight. As Lt. Moore approached, the Japanese pilot saw him and turned for a head-on attack. Moore stayed with the Zero and fired a burst which hit its engine and wing root. As their planes passed each other, Lt. Moore turned and got on the Zero's tail. "As I closed in on the Zero, he turned slowly over on his back as though the pilot was already dead. I closed to about 700 feet and gave him a slight lead and exploded the fighter with a very short burst."
It had been an exceptional mission. The 45th pilots had not only won a great victory in their first large air battle, but they had also demonstrated their skills as aviators by flying round trip of over 800 statute miles over water to accomplish the mission. The Japanese pulled their fighter units out of the area later in that same day.
Robert W. Moore - Obituary
GLASGOW - Robert Wilson "Todd" Moore, 81, of Glasgow died April 21, 2003, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital.
The Louisville native graduated from Anchorage High School and attended Duke University. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and was a highly decorated "Ace" fighter pilot, serving in the South Pacific. His last assignment was commanding officer of the 45th Fighter Squadron at Iwo Jima. He later activated the Kentucky Air National Guard Fighter Squadron in 1949. He was actively engaged in promoting private, business and pleasure flying and was chairman of the Glasgow Airport Board from 1957 to 1967, when he was named commissioner of Aeronautics for Kentucky. He was managing partner and president of L.L. Morris Supply Co., a crude oil supply business in Glasgow, Greensburg, Greenville and Beattyville and was past president of Kentucky Oil and Gas Association. He was the son of the late Henry W. and Kate Bell Moore.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church, where he was a member and honorary deacon, with burial in Glasgow Municipal Cemetery.
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"Todd" Moore was the leading fighter ace of the U.S. Seventh Air Force in World War 2. Although he served with distinction flying P-51's from Iwo Jima in 1945, the mission which Todd Moore considered to be his most memorable was flown in a P-40N from the Gilbert Islands in January 1944. The 45th FS was tasked with protecting B-25s of the 41st Bomb Group that were attacking Japanese airfields deep in the Marshall Islands. As the B-25s passed over Arno Atoll the Japanese pilots did not see P-40N's of the 45th FS diving to attack them. Within minutes ten enemy aircraft were destroyed, two more listed as probables, and none of the P-40's had been lost. Lt. Moore scored his first victory in this engagement when he attacked a Zero that was attempting to disengage from the fight. As Lt. Moore approached, the Japanese pilot saw him and turned for a head-on attack. Moore stayed with the Zero and fired a burst which hit its engine and wing root. As their planes passed each other, Lt. Moore turned and got on the Zero's tail. "As I closed in on the Zero, he turned slowly over on his back as though the pilot was already dead. I closed to about 700 feet and gave him a slight lead and exploded the fighter with a very short burst."
It had been an exceptional mission. The 45th pilots had not only won a great victory in their first large air battle, but they had also demonstrated their skills as aviators by flying round trip of over 800 statute miles over water to accomplish the mission. The Japanese pulled their fighter units out of the area later in that same day.
GLASGOW - Robert Wilson "Todd" Moore, 81, of Glasgow died April 21, 2003, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital.
The Louisville native graduated from Anchorage High School and attended Duke University. He was a World War II Army Air Corps veteran and was a highly decorated "Ace" fighter pilot, serving in the South Pacific. His last assignment was commanding officer of the 45th Fighter Squadron at Iwo Jima. He later activated the Kentucky Air National Guard Fighter Squadron in 1949. He was actively engaged in promoting private, business and pleasure flying and was chairman of the Glasgow Airport Board from 1957 to 1967, when he was named commissioner of Aeronautics for Kentucky. He was managing partner and president of L.L. Morris Supply Co., a crude oil supply business in Glasgow, Greensburg, Greenville and Beattyville and was past president of Kentucky Oil and Gas Association. He was the son of the late Henry W. and Kate Bell Moore.
Funeral will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Christian Church, where he was a member and honorary deacon, with burial in Glasgow Municipal Cemetery.
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"Todd" Moore was the leading fighter ace of the U.S. Seventh Air Force in World War 2. Although he served with distinction flying P-51's from Iwo Jima in 1945, the mission which Todd Moore considered to be his most memorable was flown in a P-40N from the Gilbert Islands in January 1944. The 45th FS was tasked with protecting B-25s of the 41st Bomb Group that were attacking Japanese airfields deep in the Marshall Islands. As the B-25s passed over Arno Atoll the Japanese pilots did not see P-40N's of the 45th FS diving to attack them. Within minutes ten enemy aircraft were destroyed, two more listed as probables, and none of the P-40's had been lost. Lt. Moore scored his first victory in this engagement when he attacked a Zero that was attempting to disengage from the fight. As Lt. Moore approached, the Japanese pilot saw him and turned for a head-on attack. Moore stayed with the Zero and fired a burst which hit its engine and wing root. As their planes passed each other, Lt. Moore turned and got on the Zero's tail. "As I closed in on the Zero, he turned slowly over on his back as though the pilot was already dead. I closed to about 700 feet and gave him a slight lead and exploded the fighter with a very short burst."
It had been an exceptional mission. The 45th pilots had not only won a great victory in their first large air battle, but they had also demonstrated their skills as aviators by flying round trip of over 800 statute miles over water to accomplish the mission. The Japanese pulled their fighter units out of the area later in that same day.
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