MacDonell Moore Jr. served in the 826th Bomber Squadron, 484th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Second Lieutenant and Co-Pilot of B-24J #42-51967 nicknamed ''Strange Cargo'' during World War II.

On March 4, 1945, the B-24 Strange Cargo was hit by flak during a bombing mission over Graz, Austria, tearing off its nose turret and sending it into a spin. Two crew members died in the aircraft, while others bailed out. Of those who parachuted to safety, two were taken as POWs, but four were murdered after capture. When local police refused an SS order to execute the Americans, a German soldier killed four of them.

2Lt Moore was captured and held at Stalag VII-A in Moosburg, Germany as a prisoner of war. Currently, we don't have details about his post-war life, death, or burial location.

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