Second lieutenant

Second Lieutenant

Second lieutenant is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces.- United Kingdom and Commonwealth :The rank second lieutenant was introduced throughout the British Army in 1871 to replace the rank of ensign , although it had long been used in the Royal Artillery, Royal...

 (later Flight Lieutenant) Joseph Michael John Moore was a World War I flying ace

Flying ace

A flying ace or fighter ace is a military aviator credited with shooting down several enemy aircraft during aerial combat. The actual number of aerial victories required to officially qualify as an "ace" has varied, but is usually considered to be five or more...

 credited with eight victories. He flew as a gunner/observer in two-seater fighters, garnering his wins while flying with three different pilots. He would return to military service for World War II.

World War I

Moore was appointed as a Flying Officer (Observer)

Flying Officer

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 on 31 January 1918 with seniority of 22 November 1917. He was also transferred to the General List of the Royal Flying Corps

Royal Flying Corps

The Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance...

 from his parent unit, the Cavalry Reserve Regiments

Cavalry Reserve Regiments (United Kingdom)

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. He began his victory string after being posted to 48 Squadron RAF.

List of aerial victories

No.	Date/time	Aircraft	Foe	Result	Location	Notes
1	7 February 1918 approximately 0600 hours	Bristol F.2b Fighter Bristol F.2 Fighter The Bristol F.2 Fighter was a British two-seat biplane fighter and reconnaissance aircraft of the First World War flown by the Royal Flying Corps. It is often simply called the Bristol Fighter or popularly the "Brisfit" or "Biff". Despite being a two-seater, the F.2B proved to be an agile aircraft...	LVG LVG Luftverkehrsgesellschaft m.b.H. was a German aircraft manufacturer based in Berlin-Johannisthal, which began constructing aircraft in 1912, building Farman-type aircraft. The company constructed many reconnaissance and light bomber biplanes during World War I.The raid on London in 1916 was...  reconnaissance plane	Destroyed	Le Catelet Le Catelet Le Catelet is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.-References:*...	Moore's pilot was Charles Napier Charles Napier (aviator) -Early life:Charles George Douglas Napier was born in Shepherd's Bush, London, England in 1892. He would begin his military service as a private in the British Army Cyclist Corps.-World War I:...
2	8 March 1918 approximately 0600 hours	Bristol F.2 Fighter	DFW DFW DFW may refer to:*Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport*Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, a metropolitan area in north Texas*Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources*Division of Fisheries and Wildlife...  reconnaissance plane	Set afire; destroyed	Saint-Quentin Saint-Quentin Places called Saint-Quentin include:*Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Aisne, Picardie, France*Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick, Canada*Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick, CanadaSaint-Quentin is part of the name of several places, including:...	Moore's pilot was Charles Napier
3	8 March 1918 approximately 0600 hours	Bristol F.2 Fighter	LVG reconnaissance plane	Driven down out of control		Moore's pilot was Charles Napier
4	16 March 1918 approximately 0600 hours	Bristol F.2 Fighter	Albatros D.III Albatros D.III The Albatros D.III was a biplane fighter aircraft used by the Imperial German Army Air Service and the Austro-Hungarian Air Service during World War I. The D.III was flown by many top German aces, including Manfred von Richthofen, Ernst Udet, Erich Löwenhardt, Kurt Wolff, and Karl Emil Schäfer...	Driven down out of control		Moore's pilot was Charles Napier
5	27 March 1918 @ 1120 hours	Bristol F.2 Fighter serial number C4886	Reconnaissance plane	Destroyed	Southwest of Roye Roye Roye is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:* Roye, Haute-Saône, in the Haute-Saône département* Roye, Somme, in the Somme département* Roye-sur-Matz, in the Oise département-People:...	Moore's pilot was Charles Napier
6	27 March 1918 @ 1120 hours	Bristol F.2 Fighter s/n C4886	Pfalz D.III Pfalz D.III |-See also:-Bibliography:* Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962. ISBN 0-93385-271-1.* Grosz, Peter M. Pfalz D.IIIa . Berkhamsted, Herts, UK: Albatros Publications, 1995. ISBN 0-94841-425-1.* Guttman, Jon. Balloon-Busting Aces of World War 1 ...	Driven down out of control	Southwest of Roye	Moore's pilot was Charles Napier
7	27 March 1918 @ 1520 hours	Bristol F.2 Fighter s/n C4628	LVG reconnaissance plane	Destroyed	Morlancourt Morlancourt Morlancourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Morlancourt is situated on the D42 road, some northeast of Amiens.-Population:-Personalities:* Louis Friant , French General, was born here....	Moore's pilot was Frank Ransley Frank Ransley Captain Frank Cecil Ransley was a World War I flying ace credited with nine aerial victories. He would survive the war to become one of its eldest aces before dying at 95 years of age.-Early life:...
8	23 April 1918 @ 1550 hours	Bristol F.2 Fighter s/n B1126	Pfalz D.III	Driven down out of control	West of Bray Bray Bray is a town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is a busy urban centre and seaside resort, with a population of 31,901 making it the fourth largest in Ireland as of the 2006 census...	Moore's pilot was Thomas Colville-Jones

Post World War I

On 10 April 1919 Lieutenant J. M. J. Moore MC

Military Cross

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was transferred to the unemployed list of the Royal Air Force.

His name did not again appear in the historical record until Joseph Michael John Moore MC (regimental number 73468) was appointed as a Flying Officer on 29 August 1939. On 16 December 1941, J. M. J. Moore (73468) was promoted from Flying Officer to temporary Flight Lieutenant. On 31 January 1945, Flying Officer (temporary Flight Lieutenant) J. M. J. Moore MC (73468) was discharged from the RAF as medically unfit. His fate after that remains unknown.

Reference

• Above the Trenches: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the British Empire Air Forces 1915-1920 Christopher F. Shores, Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest. Grub Street, 1990. ISBN 0948817194, 9780948817199.

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