Menu
  • Abous us
  • Search database
  • Resources
  • Donate
  • Faq

Moore Irving J.

Name:
Irving J. Moore
Rank:
Captain
Serial Number:
Unit:
532nd Bomber Squadron, 381st Bomb Group
Date of Death:
1993-07-02
State:
Cemetery:
Plot:
Row:
Grave:
Decoration:
Comments:

Irving J. Moore served in the 532nd Bomb Squadron, 381st Bomb Group, as a Captain and Co-Pilot/Deputy Mission Lead on the B-17 #42-97594 "Dry Gulcher" during World War II.

Their plane had left Ridgewell Airfield near the village of Shalford and was carrying incendiary bombs which it was to drop on the V2 rocket factory and launch site at Peenemunde in NE Germany. An electrical fault is thought to have caused a fire shortly after take-off and the plane crashed and exploded in a field next to St Andrew's Church, Shalford. Nine of the American crew parachuted to safety but Staff Sgt Harold Norris, the tail gunner, was trapped and died.

CPT Moore died on July 2, 1993 but his current burial place is unknown.

Source of information: www.alamy.com, www.americanairmuseum.com