William Edward Moseley
Service number
2204952
Military unit
9 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
31 Jul 1944 (19 years old)
Place of birth
Unknown
Employment, education or hobbies
He worked for Culvers of Castle Gate, Nottingham (manufacturing opticians).
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Family history
Son of Malcolm and Rosalind Lucy Moseley of 11, Ossington Villas, Nottingham
Military history
He served with Nottingham (Scout) Squadron 412th ATC before enlistment.
He was the flight engineer aboard Lancaster III LM453 which took off 1730 31 July 1944 to attack a railway tunnel that was being used as a flying-bomb storage facility. Crashed 2030 31 July 1944 apx 1 km S of Puisieuix (Marne) some 10 km SE of Seine. No survivors. Fatalities: Mose;ey + Charles Edward Michael Worner (P), John Stuart Anderson (AG), John Kerfoot (AG), Robert Francis McKinney (AB), THomas John Peacore (N) & William David Phillips (WO).
Extra information
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Photographs
William Edward Moseley
Nottingham Evening Post 28/6/1945