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Horace
Blake
Moranville
POW (WWII) Escapee
February 14, 1923

–

July 11, 2000

Born:

Guide Rock

, 

Nebraska

Home:

Hastings

, 

Nebraska

Buried: 

Portland

, 

Oregon

Cemetery:

Willamette National Cemetery

Horace Moranville became a World War II Navy ACE, credited with shooting down six enemy aircraft in aerial combat. Shot down, captured, and held for two months as a Prisoner of War, in his successful subsequent escape and recovery he became the ONLY U.S. Navy ACE of the war to be taken POW and to subsequently escape.

Awards Received

  • Distinguished Flying Cross

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Batallion:

    Fighting Squadron 11 (VF-11)

    Action Date:

    World War II

    (Citation Needed) – SYNOPSIS: Lieutenant, Junior Grade Horace Blake Moranville (NSN: 0-291317), United States Navy, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial flight as a Fighter Pilot in Fighting Squadron ELEVEN (VF-11), during World War II.

  • Prisoner of War Medal

    Service:

    United States Navy

    Rank:

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade

    Division:

    Prisoner of War (French Indo China)

    Action Date:

    January 12, 1945 – March 28, 1945
    NARA Database: Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 – 1947

    Lieutenant, Junior Grade Horace Blake Moranville (NSN: 0-291317), United States Navy, was captured by Japanese forces after he was shot down on January 12, 1945, and held as a Prisoner of War until he successfully escaped, evaded the Japanese for thirteen days, and finally was returned to U.S. forces on March 28, 1945