Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), escort the remains of Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert E. Moessner, 24, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, during his funeral April 5, 2017, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, On April 18, 1944, Moessner was the bombardier of a B-24 aircraft out of Kwelin, China, and was shot down near Hong Kong, along with eleven other crewmembers onboard. The aircraft had been conducting a sea sweep and encountered a Japanese merchant ship and escorting destroyer. After making two passes, they withdrew under heavy fire, but were subsequently s
Soldiers with the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), escort the remains of Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Robert E. Moessner, 24, of Scranton, Pennsylvania, during his funeral April 5, 2017, in Arlington National Cemetery, near Washington, On April 18, 1944, Moessner was the bombardier of a B-24 aircraft out of Kwelin, China, and was shot down near Hong Kong, along with eleven other crewmembers onboard. The aircraft had been conducting a sea sweep and encountered a Japanese merchant ship and escorting destroyer. After making two passes, they withdrew under heavy fire, but were subsequently shot down by Japanese fighters. The pilot crashed the aircraft into shallow water of Hong Kong harbor, and it broke apart. Two crewmembers survived and were captured by the Japanese. Upon their release at the conclusion of the war, they reported that Moessner went down with the aircraft.
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