Robert A Moose 8th Fighter Squadron

I've had the nickname 'moose' since 1991.
Thought I'd see if anyone had that as a surname & see that it's German in origin.
https://www.houseofnames.com/moose-family-crest
I wondered if there were any Moose listed on ABMC website.
There is only one.
https://www.abmc.gov/node/520611#.Vz4-OPkrLIU

Robert A. Moose





Service #
0-433718
Rank
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Unit
8th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Group
Entered Service From
Nebraska
Date of Death
April 3, 1943
Status
Missing in Action
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing






Anyone add any extra info on him ?
Cheers

 

Almost an ace with 4 victory claims. 1 on 11-30-1942, and 3 on 03-28-1943.
http://www.cieldegloire.com/fg_049.php

Died when his P-40 collided with another P-40 piloted by 2nd Lt Stanley J. Hunter, O-727470, (MIA / KIA), 2 miles offshore of Douglas Harbor, Papua, New Guinea.
http://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-40/moose.html

Graduated from Central High School, Omaha, Nebraska, in 1935.
http://www.chsfomaha.org/alumni/war-casualties

 

Thanks for that info.