Roland W Moody (1923 - 1945)

Born 4 Jan 1923 in Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Died 29 Mar 1945 at age 22 in Italy

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Biography

Roland Moody is Notable.

Lieutenant Roland Moody was killed by an accident while serving in Italy during World War II.

Roland Moody is a Military Veteran.
Served in the United States Army Air Force 301st Fighter Squadron 1943-1944
Tuskegee Airman flying Ace

Roland was born in 1923. He was the son of Oliver Moody and Grace West and grew up in Cambridge, Mass. He attended the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School and went onto Northeastern University. He and his younger brother, Paul, enlisted together in October of 1942. They entered the Tuskegee Air Pilot Institute and both were awarded wings and a 2nd lieutenant commission in May of 1944.^[1] Roland was assigned overseas with the 301st Fighter Squadron, 322nd Fighter Group, based out of Ramitelli Air Field in Italy.

He was tragically killed when an external fuel tank fell from a taxiing aircraft an burst into flames near the tent he was occupying. He died from injuries sustained from extreme burns. His death is considered to be accidental by injury. He is buried in the Sicily Rome American Cemetery.

Sources

1. ↑ The boston Globe, 11 May 1944, pg. 13

• "Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6ZMY-4CWR : 6 February 2021), Roland West Moody, 1923.