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Contact Info
Home Town Manila, Philippines & others
Last Address Wichita, Kansas
Date of Passing May 05, 1941
Location of Interment U.S. Military Academy West Point Post Cemetery (VLM) - West Point, New York
Little is known about him. He earned his wings in 1930, flew the US Mail in 1934, and was killed in the crash of a Beechcraft AT-10 Wichita that he was flight testing at Wichita AAF, KS. Coincidentally, AT-10's were later used extensively at his namesake base. Valdosta Airfield, GA was renamed Moody AAF (later AFB) in his honor on Dec 6, 1941.
TECHNICAL NOTES: Engine: Two Lycoming R-680-9 radials of 295 hp each Maximum speed: 190 mph Range: 660 miles Ceiling: 20,000 ft. Span: 44 ft. Length: 34 ft. 4 in. Height: 10 ft. 4 in. Weight: 6,465 lbs.
