World War II Honoree

Leslie Albert Moore

Hometown

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF SQUADRON LEADER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. ENLISTED ON AUGUST 26, 1941 AT HAMILTON, ONTARIO. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 13 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, ST. HUBERT, QUEBEC ON AUGUST 14, 1942. ARRIVED IN ENGLAND ON SEPTEMBER 1, 1942 AND RECEIVED FURTHER TRAINING IN WITH THE ROYAL AIR FORCE AT NO. 5 (PILOT) ADVANCED FLYING UNIT (FLYING TRAINING COMMAND) IN SEPTEMBER 1942 AND AT NO. 57 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT (FIGHTER COMMAND) IN OCTOBER 1942. RECEIVED HIS COMMISSION AS A PILOT OFFICER ON APRIL 16, 1943. SERVED AS A FLYING INSTRUCTOR AND FLIGHT COMMANDER AT NO. 53 OPERATIONAL TRAINING UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE FROM AUGUST 1944 TO FEBRUARY 1945. DESIGNATED AN AIR COMBAT FIGHTER ACE WITH THE DESTRUCTION OF SIX ENEMY AIRCRAFT. AWARDED BRITISH DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS ON AUGUST 8, 1944 AND POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED BRITISH AIR FORCE CROSS ON APRIL 3, 1945. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 24 WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 402 'WINNIPEG/BEAR' SQUADRON, ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS BATTLE DAMAGED SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK. IXB (MV258) CRASHED NEAR MUNSTER, GERMANY WHILE STRAFING A TRAIN ON MARCH 25, 1945. BURIED AT REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY, CLEVES, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY.