Moody, Charles Lionel (Flying Officer)

Killed in Action 1943-October-07

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Birth Date: 1912

Born:

Parents: Son of John Lionel and Sarah Moody

Spouse: Husband of Joyce Annie Moody, of Tadworth, Surrey

Home: Tadworth, Surrey, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

354 (AS) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
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Base

RAF Cuttack

Rank

Flying Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

122399

Home
Google MapTadworth, Surrey, England
Final Burial
Google MapMadras War Cemetery
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Crew or Other Personnel

Liberator BZ887

Flying Officer Frank Vincent Breen RCAF

Flying Officer Breen, Frank Vincent (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-October-07
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India

Flying Officer Edmund Holmes Bullis RCAF

Flying Officer Bullis, Edmund Holmes (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1943-October-07
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India

Flying Officer Stanley J Dubowski RCAF

Flying Officer Dubowski, Stanley J (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-October-07
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India

Flying Officer William John Fisher RCAF

Flying Officer Fisher, William John (RCAF)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-October-07
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India

Flight Sergeant Herbert Ernest Miles RCAF

Flight Sergeant Miles, Herbert Ernest (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-October-07
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India

Flying Officer Charles Lionel Moody RAFVR

Flying Officer Moody, Charles Lionel (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1943-October-07
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India

Flying Officer William Keith Redman RCAF

Flying Officer Redman, William Keith (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-October-07
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India

Flight Sergeant Harry Benjamin Sigel RCAF

Flight Sergeant Sigel, Harry Benjamin (RCAF)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-October-07
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India

Sergeant Frederick James Trower RAFVR

Sergeant Trower, Frederick James (RAFVR)
Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1943-October-07
Madras War Cemetery, Chennai, India

Mission

Liberator B 24 BZ887

Convoy Patrol 1943-October-07 to 1943-October-07

354 (AS) Sqn (RAF) RAF Cuttack

354 Squadron RAF Cuttack, India. Liberator GRV aircraft BZ 887 D had just taken off for a shipping escort operation and was flying at about 800 feet when it suddenly dove into the ground five miles from the aerodrome at Cuttack, India, killing the entire crew. The cause of the crash was undetermined

FS HB Sigel (RCAF), Flying Officer FV Breen (RCAF), Flying Officer EH Bullis (RCAF), Pilot Officer SJ Dubowski (RCAF), FS HE Miles (RCAF), Flying Officer WJ Fisher (RCAF), Flying Officer WK Redman (RCAF), Flying Officer CL Moody (RAFVR) and Flying Officer FJ Trower (RAFVR) were all killed in action

The Liberator in Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Service by James D Oughton page 133

Unvetted Source 1943 354 Squadron Liberator V BZ887 D F/O. Moody

Unvetted Source Liberator BZ887 [Royal Air Force Aircraft Serial and Image Database]...