LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer William Henry MOORE
Service No: 405114
Born: Sydney NSW, 11 July 1918
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 February 1941(at Brisbane QLD)
Unit: No. 3 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 3 Squadron Typhoon aircraft EK167), France, 18 June 1943, Aged 24 Years
Buried: Pihen-les Guines War Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Alfred Allan Moore and Annie Moore, of Wickham Terrace, Queensland, Australia
Roll of Honour: Dirranbandi QLD
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 18 June 1943 Typhoon EK167 flown by Pilot Officer Moore was detailed along with 2 other aircraft to carry out an intruder patrol in the Furners-Blantanberghe area. Nothing was heard from ER167 after take off and the aircraft did not return to base. At the time the weather was suitable for such operations, but the two accompanying aircraft returned to base without making landfall owing to surface mist and clouds to 11,000 feet.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/145/268