World War II Honoree

David F. Moser

Branch of Service

U.S. Army Air Force

Hometown

Camp Verde, Arizona

Honored By

The Dickerson Family

Relationship

Neighbors

VOLUNTEERED AND INDUCTED INTO THE ARMY AIR CORPS OCTOBER 9, 1942. SERVED IN 487TH BOMB GROUP, 838TH SQUADRON, 8TH AIR FORCE, STATIONED IN LAVENHAM, ENGLAND. SERVED AS FLIGHT ENGINEER AND UPPER TURRET GUNNER ON B-17 BOMBER. FLEW 35 COMBAT MISSIONS OVER GERMANY AND THE OCCUPIED COUNTRIES, 32 OF THEM WITH HIS BROTHER, LIEUTENANT JOE MOSER, AS CO-PILOT AND PILOT ON THE SAME AIRCRAFT. FINISHED MISSIONS IN DECEMBER 1944, AND SERVED AS AN INSTRUCTOR FOR FLIGHT CREWS AT LAVENHAM UNTIL JULY 1945. DISCHARGED AT FORT MCARTHUR IN JULY 1945. DECORATED: EUROPEAN-AFRICAN-MIDDLE EASTERN CAMPAIGN RIBBON WITH 6 AIR MEDALS AND 6 BATTLE STARS.