World War II Honoree
Killed in World War II
John Lyndon Moore
Hometown
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Honored By
A Grateful American
AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 28 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 77 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (BOMBER COMMAND) WHEN HIS ARMSTRONG WITHWORTH A.W.38 WHITLEY MK V (Z6957) CRASHED AT SCRUTON, YORKSHIRE WHILE HOMEBOUND FROM A BOMBING RAID TO BOULOGNE, FRANCE ON MARCH 13, 1942. BURIED AT ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCHYARD BURIAL GROUNDS, LEEMING, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND.