MOORE Clarence J - 429 FS 474 FG

 

 Clarence Jérome MOORE

 

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NUMBER OF SERVICEO-755995
AGE23 yo
DATE OF BIRTH21 March 1921
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MINNESOTA
ETATMINNESOTA
FAMILY 
RANKFirst Lieutenant
FONCTIONPilot
JOB BEFORE ENLISTEMENT NE
DATE of ENLISTEMENT 
 SQUADRON429th Fighter Squadron
 GROUP474th Fighter Group
ARMY9th US Air Force
DATE OF DEATH14 July 1944ii
STATUSKIA
PLACE OF DEATHCommune  Lormaye - 16 km of Dreux
DATA PLAN 

P-38 Lightning - type J-10-LO - s/n 42-67662

p38

Macr : 7052

Mission : Strafing low-level ground strafing on Nogent-le-Roi (28)

Takeoff Station 454 Warmwell, Dorset

Attack dive on a bridge in Nogent-Le-Roi around 8:45 pm

Blown by the explosion of the bombs dropped by the previous aircraft.
Touch the ground and burn immediately
CEMETERY TEMPORARY

 

CEMTERY TEMPORARY of  -- N°--

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Story of Cemetery Temporary 

PlotRowGrave
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CEMETERYNORMANDY AMERICAN CEMETERY of Colleville

Map of Normandy American Cemetery

GRAVE
PlotRowGrave
B137
DECORATION

Distinguished Service Cross

Air Medal & 3 Oak Leaf Clusters

Purple Heart

World War II Victory Medal

Brevet Pilot


 

 

dsc

am

Photo FDLM

victory medal

combat infantryman badge

 
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STORY
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Excerpt from the speech of the mayor of Lormaye, Bertrand Thirouin, on the occasion of the commemoration of all the crashes on the town:

 

On July 14, 1944, it was the Coulombs railway bridge that several bombers had to destroy. Clarence John MOORE is the second in a group of four. He is on target when the bomb dropped by the plane in front explodes. The breath unbalances his plane and the P 38 Lightning turns around and crashes on the Malepart café in Lormaye. His friends make this terrible report on their return to England. The pilot is killed. He is buried in the American cemetery of Colleville-Saint-Laurent-sur-mer in Calvados.

(Transmitted by Claude Dannau)

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SOURCE INFORMATION & PHOTOAbmc.gov - Findagrave.com  - Francecrashes39-45.net - USAAF Class Book Project ABMC American Cemeteries   - Frédéric LAVERNHE
PROGRAMMERHenri, Garrett, Clive, Frédéric & Renaud
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