Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameGrady Washington Moyle
Birth17 Nov 1918, Stanly County, NC
Death10 Oct 1943
Burial13 Oct 1943, Rheindahlen Military Cemetery, Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
FatherJames H. Moyle (1893-1966)
MotherBeulah Hatley (1895-1986)
Notes for Grady Washington Moyle
2nd Lieutenant
Navigator, 351st Bomb Squadron
100th Bomb Group
USAAF
World War II
KIA

The target was Münster and the B-17 was “Shackrat” (42-30087).

The 351st squadron joined the 100th Bomb Group on 9 June 1943. On their 10th mission on Oct 10 they were leading the 2nd flight when the plane crashed from flak damage. All of the crew were killed except the co-pilot and the left-waist-gunner who became POW’s. All those killed were buried 13 Oct 1943.
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