| Sergeant Walter Moores
was serving as Flight Engineer on board Lancaster Mk. I DV-386 coded
UL-E2 during an
operation to Leipzig on February 19/20, 1944. The aircraft was
airborne from Elsham Woods at 2345 hrs and was lost without a trace,
the
entire crew is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. The other
crewmembers were:
|
Name |
Service |
Trade |
Hometown |
Age |
|
F/Sgt Andrew Kirk |
RAFVR |
Pilot |
Leeds, Yorkshire |
21 |
|
Sgt Walter Moores |
RAFVR |
Flight Engineer |
Miles Platting, Manchester |
25 |
|
F/Sgt Royston Smith |
RAFVR |
Navigator |
Merton Park, Surrey |
21 |
|
Sgt Eric Howard |
RAFVR |
Bomb Aimer |
Hunts Cross, Liverpool |
23 |
|
F/Sgt William Kitson |
RAFVR |
W/Op/AG |
Birmingham |
30 |
|
F/Sgt Maurice Churchman |
RAFVR |
M/U Gunner |
Sowerby Bridge, W.Yorkshire |
23 |
|
Sgt Thomas Finnerty |
RAFVR |
Rear Gunner |
Grappenhall, Cheshie |
25 |
Sergeant
Walter Moores was the son of George and Edith Moores of 1 Energy
Street, Miles Platting, Manchester.He had one sister, Irene and
before enlisting was employed as a fireman. He enjoyed repairing
and riding motor cycles and was a talented footballer.
He was killed
five days before his twenty fifth birthday.
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