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Name MOORE
First names William Arnold
Rank Sgt (commissioned Jan 1944)
Service RAF
Crew position Bomb Aimer
Comments Posted in 7/43 and out 1/44
Awarded the DFM.

Photograph courtesy of Stephen Moore (son of W A Moore)
William Moore is on the LHS with two unknown friends

Photograph courtesy of Stephen Moore (son of W A Moore)
William Moore is middle row, second from the right
(photographed during training in Canada)

Photograph courtesy of Stephen Moore (son of W A Moore)
A commissioned William Moore wearing a Flight Engineer's brevet

Photograph courtesy of Stephen Moore (son of W A Moore)
William Moore's crew and aircraft

Photograph courtesy of Stephen Moore (son of W A Moore)
A magnificent night picture of William Moore's Lancaster
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All images provided by Stephen Moore (son of William Arnold Moore)

Stephen has also kindly compiled excerpts from his father's war diary. The full version can be found in the "Documents" section but one small sample is shown below.

May 23rd 1943:
This morning we got the gen. about where we're going for our Op.s. Our crew, with two others, neither of whom we know very well, are going to 49 Squadron, at Fiskerton, just east of Lincoln. From what we hear it should be really good.

All of June spent at Scampton sick quarters with an infected foot.

Note that during his time in the Scampton Sick Bay "his crew" began their tour of operations and were shot down during a raid to Oberhausen 14/15th June (their third operation).
Only Sgt Frost (Pilot) and Sgt Hitchcock (Flight Engineer) survived.