Photograph #7000 was found on page 27 of Class Book Bombardier Class 43-12, Childress Army Air Field, Texas.
In June 2017 a four man team (Corrina, Willem, Ria and Arie-Jan) of the Fields of Honor Foundation started indexing Cadet Class Books which were sourced from Mr. Mike Voisin's WWII Army Air Force Collection amazing website https://aafcollection.com/
The photographs found relating to the Cemeteries of Margraten (NL), Ardennes (B), Henri Chapelle (B), Luxembourg (Lux), Epinal (F) and Lorraine (F) are shared on several Facebook pages i.e. websites pages like
'The Faces of Margraten' https://www.degezichtenvanmargraten.nl/index.php/en-us/ and
the 'Fields of Honor Database' https://www.fieldsofhonor-database.com/index.php/en/
Additional photographs of air crew KIA / MIA and buried on ABMC cemeteries are also shared with similar projects in Normandy and Brittany (France) and Cambridge (UK) ('The Faces of Cambridge).
Class Book #0001 was indexed on 12th June 2017 and milestones were reached in May 2019 (250 Class Books indexed), April 2021 (500 Class Books indexed) and November 2022 (125.000 names/photographs indexed).
Since September 2023 the indexing is done solely by the moderator of this website.
The survey on the right shows the following info:
-indexed class book sequence number,
-class book year and class,
-indication pilot (P), bombardier (B) or navigator (N) class book,
-name of the training location and state,
-initials of the individual who indexed the class book,
-date of final indexing and publication of photographs,
-total number of names/photographs found in class book
-number of KIA/MIA (ABMC cemeteries) photographs in class book,
-number of photographs found relating to the ABMC cemeteries of Margraten, Ardennes, Henri Chapelle, Luxembourg, Epinal and Lorraine (abbreviated MAHLEL)
The survey on the left shows the subtotals of photographs found in the indexed class books and which are relating to the specific ABMC cemeteries.
Marked in green are the cemeteries on which our Foundation Fields of Honor concentrates its research: Margraten, Ardennes, Henri Chapelle, Luxembourg, Epinal and Lorraine (MAHLEL).
For these six cemeteries 2.184 photographs were contributed to 'The Faces of Margraten' and the 'Fields of Honor Database'.
Marked in yellow are the three cemeteries where 'sister projects' are helped out by supplying found photographs of air crew KIA/MIA to them as well. (1.312 photographs).
One of these projects is 'Faces of Cambridge'.
Photographs found and relating to the other ABMC cemeteries are filed in our archives and can be used for further research or reference in case we are approached by other researchers or next-of-kin.
492 Bombardment Group / 858 Bombardment Squadron
2nd Lieutenant Charles P. MOORE
From Canton, Ohio.
Missing in action 29th May 1944 as bombardier of B-24J
#44-40115 / 9A-'B' / 'Militant Mistress'.
Took off from North Pickenham airfield.
Target: the Politz Hydrierwerke synthetic oil plant in Germany (due to post war border corrections now located in Poland).
Hit by flak after bombing and attacked by nine enemy fighters. The aircraft spun violently after this attack, rolled over twice before losing a wing and crashing in the swamps near Roofwiesen, 13 miles south-south-west of Wollin / Pommern near Stettin.
There are conflicting reports about the final fate of Lieutenant Moore.
One report states that he may have been thrown out of the waist window without his parachute. At the time he was throwing out 'chaff' (small aluminum strips to disturb German radar signals).
Another report states that he went down with the aircraft. 1 KIA / 9 POW. MACR 5222.
2Lt Moore is commemorated on the Margraten Cemetery Walls of the Missing.
The above photograph shows #44-40115 on the San Diego factory floor while being built in the USA. Courtesy www.b24bestweb.com
The below group photograph of the Landry crew plus all additional sortie info was sourced from the 492 BG website https://www.492ndbombgroup.com/cgi-bin/pagepilot.cgi?page=492home
460 Bombardment Group / 763 Bombardment Squadron
1st Lieutenant Earl A. CARR
From Evansville, Indiana.
Killed in action KIA 10th August 1944 as bombardier of B-24J /
#42-50909./ Target: the Ploesti Oil Refinery, Romania.
Shot down by flak and crashed near Popesti, Prahova, Rumania.
8 KIA / 2 POW. MACR 15243.
2 Bombardment Group / 20 Bombardment Squadron
2nd Lieutenant Robert A. LAUX
From Lorain County, Ohio.
Killed in Action 29th August 1944 as bombardier of B-17G /
#42-31885 / 'Lovely Ladies'.
Target: the oil refinery at Moravska Ostrava, Czechoslovakia.
The group formation was attacked by 50 to 70 enemy aircraft.
Flak and enemy fighters blew most of the nose off this aircraft. Crashed near Wsetin, Czechoslovakia. 9 KIA / 1 POW. MACR 8099.
493 Bombardment Group / 863 Bombardment Squadron
2nd Lieutenent Carl A. NORD
From Atlantic, Iowa
Missing in action 6th June 1944 as bombardier of B-24J / #44-40471 / 'No Love - No Nothing' . On this Group's first operational mission to Lisieux, France, this aircraft collided with #42-94789. Both aircraft went down approximately 18 miles north-west of Guernsey Island. 10 MIA.
2Lt Nord is commemorated on the Brittany Cemetery Tablets of the Missing.
448 Bombardment Group / 713 Bombardment Squadron
2nd Lieutenant John J. STENNES
From St. Paul, MInnesota
Missing in Action 27th June 1944 as bombardier of B-24H / #42-50369 / Target: Creil, France. This aircraft disappeared over the Channel and may have been involved in a mid-air collision with #41-29009 which also disappeared at the same time. 10 MIA. MACR 6726.
2Lt Stennes is commemorated on the Cambridge Cemetery Tablets of the Missing.