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2nd Lt Gordon M. Moyer attended college for one year before he enlisted in Allentown, Pennsylvania on 12 January 1943.

Statement of F/O James B. Schoonover, a crew member of another airplane in the same group:
"S/Sgt Ervan J. Hestad was tail gunner on aircraft #40 flying Dog 12 position. At 1240 hours, the tail gunner reported to the navigator that aircraft #42-78268 had left the formation and was heading eastward. The navigator logged the position at the time as being 45.40N 14.40E. In a few minutes, 1st Lt Robert E. Fritts, Pilot of aircraft #40, heard the Pilot of aircraft #42-78268 calling the radar ship and asking for a fix since there was a solid undercast. He was given a fix, and he informed the leader that he had two engines feathered and that he was losing altitude, but that he was heading eastward in an effort to reach the Russian lines."

2nd Lt George A. Robb, one of the surviving crew members: "I believe that 2nd Lt Moyer was killed by gunfire which came close to some crew members while they were still in the air in their chutes."