LEST WE FORGET
Flying Officer James Leslie MOUATT
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 134353 (RAFVR)
Born: Date, Location unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: Date unavailable
Unit: No. 14 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 14 Squadron Marauder aircraft FK371), Central Mediterranean, 25 April 1943, Aged 22 Years
Buried: Unrecovered
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Gerald Leslie Mouatt, and of Margaret Jane Obre Mouatt, of Roseville, Sydney, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 6, Column 2, Malta Memorial, Malta
Remembered: Commemorative Roll, Australian War Memorial, Canberra
On 25 April 1943, Marauder FK371 took off from Blida for a reconnaissance mission in the Tyrrhenian Sea and did not return. The crew members of FK371 were:
Flying Officer Daniel Gerald Bentham (114206) (RAFVR)
Flight Sergeant Thomas Carolus Bullock (1379923) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Flying Officer James Leslie Mouatt (134353) (RAFVR)
Flight Sergeant James Sydney Patman (1271098) (RAFVR)
Warrant Officer I Frank Leroy Trovillo (R/61964) (RCAF)
Sergeant Colin Warburton (1325781) (RAFVR)
References:
Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Napier, Michael Winged Crusaders: The Exploits of 14 Squadron RFC & RAF 1915-1945, Pen & Sword Aviation, South Yorkshire UK, 2012