Moss - #27
Standing L-R: Moss, Thomas (P); Morse, Robert (CP); Graynor, Louis (N); Groom, Ottis (B)
Kneeling L-R: Drezek, Peter (BTG); Kerr, James (RO/RWG); Gloster, Thomas (E/TTG); Crawford, Melvin (A/LWG); Pass, Theodore (TG); McCaslin, Virgil (NG)
We need identification for this photo.
Standing L-R: McCaslin, Virgil (NG); Morse, Robert (CP); Crawford, Melvin (A/LWG); Graynor, Louis (N); ?????; ?????
Squatting L-R: Drezek, Peter (BTG); Moss, Thomas (P); ?????; Kerr, James (RO/RWG); Pass, Theodore (TG)
On 27 August 1944, Thomas R. Moss received the DFC for a mission to Romania on 6 June 1944. Unfortunately the official history of the 461st incorrectly listed him as Thomas W. Moss.
765TH BOMBARDMENT SQUADRON (H)
461ST BOMBARDMENT GROUP (H)
OFFICE OF THE OPERATIONS OFFICER
APO 520
20 July 1944
CERTIFICATE
I certify that 1st Lt THOMAS R. MOSS, 0799435, has completed the following missions, with dates, time, and targets as indicated below.
DATE | TIME | TARGETS |
2 April 1944 | 5:45 | Bihac M/Y. Yugoslavia |
5 April 1944 | 6:00 | Nis M/Y, Yugoslavia |
7 April 1944 | 6:15 | Ferrara M/Y, Italy |
*15 April 1944 | 7:50 | Bucharest M/Y, Rumania |
17 April 1944 | 4:30 | Belgrade A/D, Yugoslavia |
*21 April 1944 | 8:05 | Bucharest M/Y, Rumania |
29 April 1944 | 8:15 | Toulon Sub Pen, France |
2 May 1944 | 8:30 | Parma Harbor, Italy |
* 6 May 1944 | 6:45 | Pitesti M/Y, Rumania |
*10 May 1944 | 8:00 | Weiner Neustadt A/D, Austria |
12 May 1944 | 6:45 | Viareggio M/Y, Italy |
14 May 1944 | 6:00 | Padova M/Y, Italy |
18 May 1944 | 6:15 | Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
22 May 1944 | 6:45 | Piombino Harbor, Italy |
23 May 1944 | 4:20 | Subiaco Road Junction, Italy |
26 May 1944 | 9:10 | Lyon M/Y, France |
27 May 1944 | 8:20 | Salon A/D, France |
*29 May 1944 | 7:45 | Weiner Neustadt, Austria |
*31 May 1944 | 8:45 | Ploesti Oil Refinery, Rumania |
* 2 June 1944 | 6:30 | Szolnok M/Y, Hungary |
5 June 1944 | 7:30 | Fornono R Bridge, Italy |
* 6 June 1944 | 8:30 | Ploesti Oil Refinery, Rumania |
9 June 1944 | 8:30 | Munich M/Y, Germany |
10 June 1944 | 5:45 | Porto Maghera Oil Storage, Italy |
13 June 1944 | 7:10 | Porto Maghera Oil Storage, Italy |
*14 June 1944 | 7:00 | Komarno Oil Refinery, Hungary |
22 June 1944 | 5:45 | Trieste Oil Storage, Italy |
*23 June 1944 | 8:15 | Giurgiu Oil Installations, Austria |
*26 June 1944 | 7:30 | Vienna Oil Refinery, Austria |
*28 June 1944 | 8:20 | Bucharest M/Y, Rumania |
* 2 July 1944 | 7:30 | Budapest M/Y, Hungary |
* 3 July 1944 | 8:00 | Bucharest Oil Storage, Rumania |
6 July 1944 | 6:00 | Aviano Oil Storage, Italy |
* 7 July 1944 | 8:15 | Blechhammer Oil Refinery, Germany |
* 8 July 1944 | 7:15 | Vienna Oil Storage, Austria |
Total Number of Combat Missions 51, Total Number of Flying Hours 251:45
* Double Mission
/s/ FRANCIS J. HOERMANN
Captain, Air Corps
Operations Officer