| Date: 1943 Nov03/03 | A/C Type: P-47 C Thunderbolt | SN: 41-6587 | Code: QP-M | A/C Nickname: |  |
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| File: 276 | Airforce: USAAF | Sqn/Unit: 4 FG - 334 FS | Mission/Raid: Ramrod Wilhemshaven | |||||||
| 1 | Pilot | 1Lt. Ivan R. Moon KIA, buried Den Helder | 9 | |||||||
| 2 | 10 | |||||||||
| 3 | 11 | |||||||||
| 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| 5 | 13 | |||||||||
| 6 | 14 | |||||||||
| 7 | 15 | |||||||||
| 8 | 16 | |||||||||
When underway to Wilhelmshaven attacked by group of Me-109s coming from above. Lt. Moon was hit and crashed at Oosterland, Wieringen. Buried initially in nearby Huisduinen/Den Helder cemetery by the Germans with military honors. One more P-47 came down, that was F/O Frank Gallion in 42-7924, crashed 4 miles to the southeast in the Lake. |
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Lt. Moon was exhumed in 1947 and reburied in the US centralization War Cemetery 'Netherlands' in Margraten, he rests there today.
Sources/read more:
- https://airforce.togetherweserved.com/usaf/servlet/tws.webapp.WebApp?cmd=ShadowBoxProfile&type=Person&ID=156797
- http://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/american-war-cemetery-margraten-m/47227-moon-ivan-r
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