Mooney, Richard Edmond (Pilot Officer)

214 Federated Malay States Squadron (Uttar In Umbria). The crew of Fortress III aircraft HB 787 were returning from special operations bomber support sortie over the Ruhr, Germany and crashed near Fakenham, Norfolk, England. The aircraft apparently stalled after the pilot overshot two landings due to bad visibility. Flying Officer A.H. Leitch and eight of the crew, not Canadians, were also killed. Addendum: The aircraft crashed in a wheat stubble field one mile SW of RAF Foulsham. The non-Canadians also killed were F/S(s) C.J. Ashworth (RNZAF), E.R. Armstrong (RNZAF), T.F. McCormack (RNZAF), A. McLaughlin (RNZAF), W.A. McLaren (RAF), Sgt(s) G.L. Hislop (RAF), C.G.M. Ogilvie (RAF), and P.E. Durman (RAF). Detail provided by David E. Thompson, Middlesborough, England.