Took off from Skellingthorpe at 18:24 in Lancaster Mk III for a mine-laying sortie in the Baltic off Gdynia (Sqn code: VN-L Bomber Command).
Shot down by a night-fighter and ditched East of Denmark./p>
Aside from Moad, only one other crew members' name was found: Sergeant Bernard Ridsdale RAF Runnymede Memorial.
