LEWISTON EVENING JOURNAL, LEWISTON, MAINE, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1944, PAGE EIGHTEEN
AUBURN PILOT MISSING OVER FRANCE SINCE DAY OF INVASION
First Lt. Alfred D. Moussette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archille D. Moussette, 49 Cook Street, Auburn, is missing in action.
He has been missing since D-Day, when he was flying his Flying Fortress on a mission over France. His parents received official notification from the War Department yesterday, but had known their son was a casualty since Tuesday when they received a letter from Lt. Roland Weirback, a member of Moussette's squadron, who wrote of the Flying Fortress "The Moose" being hit and of seeing all of the members of the crew "bail out of the plane" before it crashed. The letter was written June 7, the day after D-Day and described the incident as occurring the day before.
Lt. Moussette's ship bore his nickname "The Moose." He was the pilot and flight commander of the Flying Fortress. His mother said last night that they had not received word from their son since he left the States on May 10. He had been at a Colorado base prior to that. Last Winter, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in ceremonies at Blythe, Calif.
The 24 year old pilot entered the Army Air Corps Aug. 27, 1941, prior to which he had been a salesman at the Watkins Company in Auburn. A graduate of Edward Little High School in 1937, he was trained as a flyer at the Maheux Airport before entering the service.
AUBURN PILOT MISSING OVER FRANCE SINCE DAY OF INVASION
First Lt. Alfred D. Moussette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archille D. Moussette, 49 Cook Street, Auburn, is missing in action.
He has been missing since D-Day, when he was flying his Flying Fortress on a mission over France. His parents received official notification from the War Department yesterday, but had known their son was a casualty since Tuesday when they received a letter from Lt. Roland Weirback, a member of Moussette's squadron, who wrote of the Flying Fortress "The Moose" being hit and of seeing all of the members of the crew "bail out of the plane" before it crashed. The letter was written June 7, the day after D-Day and described the incident as occurring the day before.
Lt. Moussette's ship bore his nickname "The Moose." He was the pilot and flight commander of the Flying Fortress. His mother said last night that they had not received word from their son since he left the States on May 10. He had been at a Colorado base prior to that. Last Winter, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in ceremonies at Blythe, Calif.
The 24 year old pilot entered the Army Air Corps Aug. 27, 1941, prior to which he had been a salesman at the Watkins Company in Auburn. A graduate of Edward Little High School in 1937, he was trained as a flyer at the Maheux Airport before entering the service.
LEWISTON EVENING JOURNAL, LEWISTON, MAINE, FRIDAY, JUNE 23, 1944, PAGE EIGHTEEN
AUBURN PILOT MISSING OVER FRANCE SINCE DAY OF INVASION
First Lt. Alfred D. Moussette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archille D. Moussette, 49 Cook Street, Auburn, is missing in action.
He has been missing since D-Day, when he was flying his Flying Fortress on a mission over France. His parents received official notification from the War Department yesterday, but had known their son was a casualty since Tuesday when they received a letter from Lt. Roland Weirback, a member of Moussette's squadron, who wrote of the Flying Fortress "The Moose" being hit and of seeing all of the members of the crew "bail out of the plane" before it crashed. The letter was written June 7, the day after D-Day and described the incident as occurring the day before.
Lt. Moussette's ship bore his nickname "The Moose." He was the pilot and flight commander of the Flying Fortress. His mother said last night that they had not received word from their son since he left the States on May 10. He had been at a Colorado base prior to that. Last Winter, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in ceremonies at Blythe, Calif.
The 24 year old pilot entered the Army Air Corps Aug. 27, 1941, prior to which he had been a salesman at the Watkins Company in Auburn. A graduate of Edward Little High School in 1937, he was trained as a flyer at the Maheux Airport before entering the service.
AUBURN PILOT MISSING OVER FRANCE SINCE DAY OF INVASION
First Lt. Alfred D. Moussette, son of Mr. and Mrs. Archille D. Moussette, 49 Cook Street, Auburn, is missing in action.
He has been missing since D-Day, when he was flying his Flying Fortress on a mission over France. His parents received official notification from the War Department yesterday, but had known their son was a casualty since Tuesday when they received a letter from Lt. Roland Weirback, a member of Moussette's squadron, who wrote of the Flying Fortress "The Moose" being hit and of seeing all of the members of the crew "bail out of the plane" before it crashed. The letter was written June 7, the day after D-Day and described the incident as occurring the day before.
Lt. Moussette's ship bore his nickname "The Moose." He was the pilot and flight commander of the Flying Fortress. His mother said last night that they had not received word from their son since he left the States on May 10. He had been at a Colorado base prior to that. Last Winter, he was commissioned a first lieutenant in ceremonies at Blythe, Calif.
The 24 year old pilot entered the Army Air Corps Aug. 27, 1941, prior to which he had been a salesman at the Watkins Company in Auburn. A graduate of Edward Little High School in 1937, he was trained as a flyer at the Maheux Airport before entering the service.
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