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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

Noel McHenry Moore, Jr.

Hometown

Augusta, Georgia

Honored By

A Grateful American

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Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF WARRANT OFFICER CLASS I AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 2 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, UPLANDS (OTTAWA), ONTARIO ON APRIL 18, 1941. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 33 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 419 'MOOSE' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS VICKERS WELLINGTON MK. III (X3712) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE NIGHT FIGHTER OF 5./NACHTJAGDGESCHWADER 1 AND CRASHED AT PORCHERESSE, NAMUR, BELGIUM DURING A BOMBING RAID TO SAARBRUCKEN, GERMANY ON JULY 30, 1942. BURIED AT GOSSELIES COMMUNAL CEMETERY, CHARLEROI, HAINAUT, BELGIUM.