102 (Ceylon) Squadron

Tentate et perficite (Attempt and Achieve)

Flight Sergeant Murray Moffatt

On the 12th May 1943 took off at 23.51 in JB799 DY-E for Duisburg

P/O Murray Quinn Moffatt - R.C.A.F. - Pilot - (C.W.G.C.)
F/O John Darty Erzinger - R.C.A.F. - Nav - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Cecil Herbert Hurle - WOp - (C.W.G.C.)
P/O Garfield Davies - AG - Aged 31 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt William James Holman - AG - Aged 22 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Charles Gerard Gowen - R.C.A.F. - FE - Aged 21 - (C.W.G.C.)
Sgt Donald Francis Moon - BA - Aged 23 - (C.W.G.C.)

The Plane was lost over the North Sea.
Three of the crew are buried, the others are commemorated at the Runnymede Memorial.
P/O Moffat is buried at Sage War Cemetery in Germany.
Sgt Gowen is buried at Kiel War Cemetery, Germany.
Sgt Cecil Hurle's body washed ashore on the Dutch coast and is buried at Castricum Protestant Churchyard, Plot J. Coll. grave 7.

 

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