World War II Honoree

Robert 'Bobby' Flay Moulton

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Riverside, California

Honored By

Colonel Raymond M. Butler

Relationship

Friend

AIRCRAFT COMMANDER OF THE BOEING B-29 SUPER FORTRESS FLYING LONG RANGE COMBAT MISSIONS BETWEEN TINIAN AND JAPAN. ON HIS LAST MISSION OVER TOKYO HIS PLANE WAS HIT AND THE RIGHT WING WAS BADLY DAMAGED. HE NURSED HIS PLANE TO IWO JIMA ONLY TO FIND IT ENSHROUDED IN DENSE MORNING FOG. HE DISCOVERED THAT HIS PARACHUTE WAS FATALLY MIS-RIGGED AND HIS CREW REFUSED TO JUMP WITHOUT HIM. HE ELECTED TO MAKE A WATER LANDING WHICH WAS CAUGHT ON FILM BY A MILITARY PHOTOGRAPHER AND WAS DESCRIBED AS 'TEXTBOOK PERFECT'. ALL CREW MEMBERS SURVIVED UNHURT.