Moxley, John Carper

Individual Personnel Data
Name	Moxley, John Carper ⇗
Rank	Second Lieutenant
Serial Number	O-831767
Unit Assignments	Assigned to the 547th Bombardment Squadron (Heavy), per AAF Station 106 Special Orders #255 dated 24 December 1944, effective 24 December 1944. Transferred to a non-384th unit, per 547th Bomb Squadron Morning Report - 70th Replacement Depot, AAF Station Stone, effective 23 April 1945.
Duty	Co-pilot
MOS	1091 - Pilot, B-17
Last Duty Date	23 April 1945
Results	Completed Combat Tour
Additional Information	Date of Birth: 24 November 1923
Related Documents	Accident Report # 45-01-10-519⇓ (7.046 MB)
Photo Album:	Crew Photo Album⇗

Crew Composition When Assigned to the 384th BG
Replacement Combat Crew
CREWMEMBER	POSITION	RESULTS
2nd Lt. Whitesides, John Boyce⇗	Pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Moxley, John Carper	Co-pilot	CT
2nd Lt. Miner, Alfred Norris⇗	Navigator	WNC
CPL. Dube, Roland Raymond, "Rollie"⇗	Radio Operator / Gunner	CT
CPL. Sayers, Francis Asbury, Jr⇗	Engineer / Top Turret Gunner	CT
S/SGT. Shields, Howard Earl⇗	Ball Turret Gunner	CT
CPL. Dupas, Emmett George⇗	Tail Gunner	CT
CPL. Bergner, Lee Ray⇗	Flexible Gunner	TR
CPL. Huff, Robert Emil⇗	Flexible Gunner	WNC

Missions, Aircraft, Crews
This individual was credited with 35 Combat Missions.
Number	Date	Target	Position	Aircraft	Mission/Sortie Information
252⇗	7 January 1945	Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97150⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
253⇗	8 January 1945	Target: Railroad Type: Transportation Location: Kyllburg, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑38013⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
254⇗	10 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bonn, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑97263⇗	Crashed on takeoff; aircraft a 'complete wreck', all crew survived, two seriously injured, one minor injuries. Sortie Report⇗
256⇗	17 January 1945	Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38757⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
257⇗	20 January 1945	Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire. Sortie Report⇗
259⇗	22 January 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Sterkrade, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
261⇗	28 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑38013⇗	Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38757 when displaced by Ruckman. Did not take off due to snowstorm. Sortie Report⇗
262⇗	29 January 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Siegen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Flying spare; joined formation. Sortie Report⇗
263⇗	1 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38630⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
264⇗	3 February 1945	Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Lead Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
265⇗	9 February 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
268⇗	19 February 1945	Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
270⇗	21 February 1945	Target: Tank Factory Type: Industry Location: Nuremberg / Nürnberg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
271⇗	22 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
272⇗	23 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Landed away at RAF Bourn, Cambridgeshire. Sortie Report⇗
274⇗	25 February 1945	Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38800⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
277⇗	28 February 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Hagen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
280⇗	3 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
281⇗	4 March 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit High Squadron hot camera ship. Landed away at at Glatton Airfield, AAF Station 130, on return due to low fuel. Sortie Report⇗
282⇗	7 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Bochum, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron. Sortie Report⇗
283⇗	8 March 1945	Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
285⇗	10 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
288⇗	14 March 1945	Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River Type: Transportation Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
289⇗	15 March 1945	Target: Army HQ Type: Military Location: Zossen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Aborted Mission After Taking Off Low Squadron. Turned back due to #3 engine turbo failure. Sortie Report⇗
290⇗	17 March 1945	Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen (Leipzig), Germany	Co-pilot	42‑37788⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
292⇗	19 March 1945	Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit 41C Group. Sortie Report⇗
293⇗	20 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
294⇗	22 March 1945	Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑102518⇗	Combat Mission Credit Ground Spare Aircraft; replaced 43‑38800. Returned to base in 43‑38800 with #1 engine feathered, transferred to this aircraft, took off and caught formation; completed mission. Sortie Report⇗
295⇗	23 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
297⇗	24 March 1945	Target: Twente Enschede Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands	Co-pilot	42‑102459⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
299⇗	28 March 1945	Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
300⇗	30 March 1945	Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG) Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
301⇗	31 March 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Lützkendorf, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
303⇗	4 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fassberg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Low Squadron hot camera ship. Sortie Report⇗
304⇗	5 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ingolstadt, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
305⇗	6 April 1945	Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary) Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
307⇗	9 April 1945	Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany	Co-pilot	42‑38208⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗
308⇗	10 April 1945	Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany	Co-pilot	43‑38752⇗	Combat Mission Credit Sortie Report⇗

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