Moore, John Lyndon (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-March-13

Flight Sergeant John Lyndon Moore RCAF

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Home: Honea Path, South Carolina, USA

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Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

77 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Esse Potius Quam Videri To be, rather than to seem

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

R/78024

Home
Google MapHonea Path, South Carolina, USA
Final Burial
Google MapSt John The Baptist Churchyard
Grave Gll
77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri). The pilot of Whitley V aircraft Z 6975 was landing in bad visibility and struck a house at the end of the runway at RAF Station, Leeming. Flight Sergeant R.J. Lewis, Sgt(s) J.E. Church (RAF), K.C.E. Corke (RAF), and one other RAF member of the crew were also killed. Addendum: The squadron was based at Leeming. Whitley aircraft Z 6975-V was returning from a raid to Boulogne when it crashed. The other RAF member of the crew who was also killed was Sergeant N.S. Smith. Sergeant Smith is buried in Renfrewshire and the other members of the crew are all buried in Leeming in graves G10, G11, G15, and G16. Detail from "Some of the Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England.

Canada Source Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Canada Primary Source Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)