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Moss George Shirley

Monuments

B-24 42-50347 Monument

 

Name:
George Shirley Moss
Rank:
Sergeant
Serial Number:
33719171
Unit:
702nd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy
Date of Death:
1944-10-18
State:
Virginia
Cemetery:
Highland Burial Park, Danville, Virginia
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George Shirley Moss was born on December 24, 1922, in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. He was the son of Leonard Flournoy Moss and Eunice Beatrice Terry Moss. He served in the 702nd Bomber Squadron, 445th Bomber Group, Heavy, as a Sergeant and was a passenger on the B-24 #42-50347 at the time of his death.

On October 18, 1944, their airplane was flying from the repair depot in Greencastle, Ireland to Tibenham on a familiarisation flight over Britain. Onboard were 24 replacement crewmen who had been sent to the 445th Bomb Group after the unit had suffered heavy losses on the Kassel mission in September that year. During the flight, the aircraft broke up in mid-air and crashed near the village of Landican, near Birkenhead on the Wirral peninsula in England. All 24 passengers and crew were killed in the crash.

Sgt Moss is now buried in the Highland Burial Park, Danville, Danville City, Virginia, USA.

Source of information: www.findagrave.com, https://aviation-safety.net, www.americanairmuseum.com