LEST WE FORGET
Flight Sergeant Patrick MOYLAN
Service No: 420478
Born: Gunnedah NSW, 28 January 1923
Enlisted in the RAAF: 8 November 1941
Unit: No. 625 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Kelstern
Died: Air Operations: (No. 625 Squadron Lancaster aircraft JB622), Germany, 30 January 1944, Aged 21 Years
Buried: Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Hugh John and Doris Elizabeth Moylan, of Moss Vale, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Boggabri NSW
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Remembered: Boggabri War Memorial, Boggabri NSW
At 1652 hours on the night of 30 January 1944, Lancaster JB122 took off from Kelstern detailed to bomb Berlin. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. It was later learned that all the crew members had been killed.
The crew members of JB122 were:
Pilot Officer Roy Gallop (171215) (RAFVR) (Pilot)
Sergeant Stanley John Harrison (1652715) (RAFVR) (Flight Engineer)
Warrant Officer David Walter Thomas Johnson DFC (1013070) (RAFVR) (Rear Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Patrick Moylan (420478) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Flying Officer Alexander James Normandin (J/27320) (RCAF) (Mid Upper Gunner)
Flight Sergeant George Arthur John Prigg (1338043) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Flight Sergeant Peter Rawlings (1323852) (RAFVR) (Air Bomber)
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 A9301, 420478
Register of War Memorials in New South Wales On-Line