421686 Flying Officer Frank Moss.
The Royal Australian Air Force.
Aged 29.
Son of Henry and Evelyn Moss.
Husband of Esma Mary Moss, of Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia.
423 Squadron flew Short S.25 Sunderland "Flying Boats" during WW2, operating from RAF Oban, Argyll & Bute, RAF Castle Archdale, Co. Fermanagh, and RAF Pembroke Dock, Wales. Its role was to provide protection to Atlantic convoys, and to hunt German Submarines. It had an early form of radar, which was used to detect submarines on the surface, particularly at night, when recharging their batteries. Patrols often lasted for 14 hours, so it carried additional pilots who could rest between shifts.
W/6013 crashed at Knocklayd Mountain, near Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, on 5 December 1943.
The crew comprised
Philip Michael Herman Thomas
Pilot.
Herbert Douglas Blair
Pilot.
Frank Moss
Pilot.
Randall Hunter
Flight Engineer.
David Cowan Douglas
Wireless Operator Mechanic / Air Gunner
Edward Lowson
Donald Thomas Bromhead
Air Gunner.
Christopher Edward George Wellington
Air Gunner.
George Wilkinson
Air Gunner.
421686 Flying Officer Frank Moss.
The Royal Australian Air Force.
Aged 29.
Son of Henry and Evelyn Moss.
Husband of Esma Mary Moss, of Hamilton, New South Wales, Australia.
423 Squadron flew Short S.25 Sunderland "Flying Boats" during WW2, operating from RAF Oban, Argyll & Bute, RAF Castle Archdale, Co. Fermanagh, and RAF Pembroke Dock, Wales. Its role was to provide protection to Atlantic convoys, and to hunt German Submarines. It had an early form of radar, which was used to detect submarines on the surface, particularly at night, when recharging their batteries. Patrols often lasted for 14 hours, so it carried additional pilots who could rest between shifts.
W/6013 crashed at Knocklayd Mountain, near Ballycastle, Co. Antrim, on 5 December 1943.
The crew comprised
Philip Michael Herman Thomas
Pilot.
Herbert Douglas Blair
Pilot.
Frank Moss
Pilot.
Randall Hunter
Flight Engineer.
David Cowan Douglas
Wireless Operator Mechanic / Air Gunner
Edward Lowson
Donald Thomas Bromhead
Air Gunner.
Christopher Edward George Wellington
Air Gunner.
George Wilkinson
Air Gunner.
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