World War II Honoree

Donald Huntley Moore

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Quincy, Massachusetts

Honored By

Corrine Moore

Relationship

Wife

HE SERVED AS A B-24 PILOT FROM 8 FEBRUARY 1944 TO 25 SEPTEMBER 1945. HE PARTICIPATED IN FOLLOWING CAMPAIGNS: SOUTHERN FRANCE GO 33 WD45, NORTH APENNINES GO 40 WD 45, ROME-ARNO GO 40 WD 45. HE RECEIVED THE AIR MEDAL 15 AF GO 1974 JULY 44, EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN SERVICE MEDAL, DISTINGUISHED UNIT BADGE. HE WAS FLYING 'SLEEPY TIME GAL' (HIS ASSIGNED B-24) WHEN HIS PLANE WAS DISABLED OVER SWITZERLAND. FOLLOWING ESCAPE AS AN INTERNEE IN DAVOS, SWITZERLAND, HE JOINED THE 3035TH ARMY AIR FORCES BASE UNIT IN VICTORVILLE, CALIFORNIA AS A PILOT INSTRUCTOR UNTIL THE WAR WAS OVER.