World War II Honoree

Daniel D. Moynihan, Jr.

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Flushing, New York

Honored By

John Meurs

Relationship

Dutch Historian

SERVICE NUMBER 12121342. RADIO OPERATOR WITH THE 91ST BOMB GROUP, 324TH BOMB SQUADRON OF THE 8TH U.S. ARMY AIR FORCE BASED IN ENGLAND. ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1944, HIS B-17G, SERIAL NUMBER 42-38128, 'DEAR BECKY' WAS ATTACKED BY GERMAN FIGHTERS DURING A MISSION TO THE ALTENBEKEN RAILROAD VIADUCT, GERMANY, WAS HIT IN NUMBER 2 ENGINE AND EXPLODED 2 MINUTES LATER. EIGHT CREW MEMBERS, INCLUDING THE HONOREE, SAVED THEMSELVES BY PARACHUTE AND SURVIVED THE WAR.