The 483rd Bomb Group Archive

Serviceman

Edwin Moye

HQ

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Rank
2LT (24 May 1944), 2LT (14 June 1944)
Hometown
El Paso TX; EL PASO TX
Sources
483bg-record, assoc-roster · service record at 483bg.org
Flags. another record shares the name Moye, Edwin (units HQ, 817th, serials None, None); may be the same man

Awards

DateAwardGeneral orderRank then
24 May 1944Air Medal5972LT
14 June 1944Air Medal, 1st oak leaf cluster10272LT

From the general orders indexed by the Army Air Corps Library and Museum.

Statements, mentions and histories

Casualty questionnaire, page 9: Edwin Moye · 18 July 1944
AFPPA-12
CASUALTY QUESTIONNAIRE
1. Your name
Edwin Moye
Rank 1st 0.685335
Serial No.
2. Organization 483 Gp Commander Cax. BARtON Rank CaL Sqn CO GORMAN Rank Capt.
(full name)
(full name)
3. What year 1944
month JULY day 18 did you go down?
4. What was the mission,
target,
, target
time,
11:00
,altitude,
23,500
route scheduled,
,route flown
5. Where were you when you left formation?
Kempton, Germany
6.
Did you bail out? Yes
7. Did other members of crew bail out? yes
8. Tell all you know about when, where, how each person in your aircraft for whom no
individual questionnaire is attached bailed out. A crew list is attached. Please
sive facts. If you don't know, say: "No Knowledge".
Dsg J KETTLER - Balled out Waste door. LT. MONSON. Nose Escape HARCH
LT. FULTON - Baued out Nose Escape Hatch
3/58/ Smith - Baned our WASTE door
9. Where did your aircraft strike the ground? NEAR Kempton Germany
10. What members of your crew were in the aircraft when it struck the ground? (Should
cross check with 8 above and individual questionnaires) To my Knowledge
LT. Don MACLIN, T/sge RICHARdo 5/3pt BARney of 5/sp+ Pace
11. Where were they in aircraft? Pisoe SEAC, Radio Room, UNKNOWN Tam THORECT
12. What was their condition? Dead OR severry wounded
14
10. When, where, and in what condition did you last see any members not already des-
cribed above?
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Please give any similar information on personnel of any other crew of which you
have knowledge. Indicate source of information. AT MACLIN WAS shamped OVER IN
picoss sent - Source OF INFORMATION Spt Kevinge Sgt's Richards of Pate
were KILLED OR wounded IN their positions ON the INFORMATION sp+ Kettler
Set BARNEY was seen out OF the BALL Turrett by Sft Ketther
(Any additional information may be written on the back)
6-3862,AF

National Archives, MACR 6954, page 9 · Machine-read from microfilm, uncorrected.

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