Moffat, John Alexander Wilson (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1942-December-21

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Birth Date: 1920

Born:

Parents: John and Jeannie Moffat

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Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

9 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Per Noctem Volamus Through out the night we fly

Base

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Wireless Operator / Air Gunner

Service Numbers

128685

Target
Google MapMunich Germany
Final Burial
Google MapFriedhof Hochmutting
Collective grave
9 Squadron (Per Noctem Volemus) RAF Waddington, Lancaster BI aircraft W 4185 WS-G was shot down by heavy flak of the 1/schwere Flak-Abteilung 384 and the 1 & 4/schwere Flak-Abteilung 405, twenty five miles north of Munich at Rothschwaige, Karlsfeld, Bayern, Germany. Pilot Officer RG Clarkson (RCAF), Sergeant JF Edwards (RCAF), FS E Fenwicke-Clennell (RAF), FS JP Warren (RAFVR), Pilot Officer JAW Moffat DFC (RAFVR) and Sergeant JH Baker (RAFVR) were killed. Sergeant P.M. Slater (RAF) was taken Prisoner of War.

Crew or Other Personnel

Lancaster W4185

Sergeant Jack Hilton Baker RAFVR

Sergeant Baker, Jack Hilton (RAFVR)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1942-December-21
Friedhof Hochmutting, Konigstrasse, Oberschleissheim, Germany

Pilot Officer Robert Guy Clarkson RCAF

Pilot Officer Clarkson, Robert Guy (RCAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1942-December-21
Friedhof Hochmutting, Konigstrasse, Oberschleissheim, Germany

Flight Sergeant John Frederick Edwards RCAF

Flight Sergeant Edwards, John Frederick (RCAF)
Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-December-21
Friedhof Hochmutting, Konigstrasse, Oberschleissheim, Germany

Pilot Officer Edward Fenwicke-Clennell RAF

Pilot Officer Fenwicke-Clennell, Edward (RAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1942-December-21
Friedhof Hochmutting, Konigstrasse, Oberschleissheim, Germany

Pilot Officer John Alexander Wilson Moffat RAFVR

Pilot Officer Moffat, John Alexander Wilson (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator / Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1942-December-21
Friedhof Hochmutting, Konigstrasse, Oberschleissheim, Germany

Sergeant Peter Myram Slater RAF

Sergeant Slater, Peter Myram (RAF)

Prisoner of War
1942-December-21
cemetery unknown

Flight Sergeant Jack Passmore Warren RAFVR

Flight Sergeant Warren, Jack Passmore (RAFVR)
Observer
Killed in Action
1942-December-21
Friedhof Hochmutting, Konigstrasse, Oberschleissheim, Germany