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Moore Craig C.

Monuments

Four Nations Memorial

 

Name:
Craig C. Moore
Rank:
Second Lieutenant
Serial Number:
O-1999350
Unit:
310th Ferry Squadron, 27th Air Transport Group
Date of Death:
1945-02-11
State:
California
Cemetery:
Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, California
Plot:
Veterans Circle
Row:
Grave:
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Craig C. Moore was born on July 11, 1920. He enlisted on November 25, 1942. He has been a Sergeant pilot with the RAF and later transferred to the USAAC, flying C-47s.

At the time of his death, Craig was a passenger aboard the Douglas C-47 Skytrain #43-16394 during World War II. On February 11, 1945, his airplane took off at 0950hrs from A-54 airbase, Le Bourget, France, bound for Army Airbase 519 at Grove in Berkshire. At approximately 1125hrs, an aircraft was reported over RAF Tangmere flying at 300ft to 400ft heading north. Visibility at that time was 100 yards and ceiling zero. At 1200hrs, reports came into RAF Tangmere that an aircraft had crashed into a hill north of the airfield. The investigating officers believed that the aircraft had descended during the flight over the channel due to the weather conditions and poor visibility and that they did not realize that they were now over land. The aircraft hit some trees which caused the wing and cargo door to be torn off, and the aircraft crashed to the ground killing all on board.

Moore is now buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery, Red Bluff, Tehama County, California, USA.

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