World War II Honoree

Harold Barbour Moore

Hometown

Boones Mill, Virginia

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF PILOT OFFICER AND SERVED AS AN AIR GUNNER IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 23 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 76 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ENGLISH ELECTRIC CO. HALIFAX MK II (DT556) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE MESSERSCHMITT BF 110 OF 3./NACHTJAGDGESCHWADER 1 AND CRASHED BETWEEN KASTERLEE AND TURNHOUT, BELGIUM DURING A BOMBING RAID TO BERLIN ON MARCH 2, 1943. BURIED AT SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY, WILRIJK, ANTWERP, BELGIUM. COMMEMORATED AT THE VIRGINIA WAR MEMORIAL, RICHMOND, VIRGINIA.