LEST WE FORGET
Pilot Officer Hilary Patrick MOYLAN
Service No: 403640
Born: Sydney NSW, 16 November 1912
Enlisted in the RAAF: 3 February 1941
Unit: No. 540 Squadron (RAF), RAF Station Benson, Oxfordshire
Died: Air Operations: (No. 540 Squadron Mosquito aircraft LR406), Germany, 14 September 1944, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Hanover War Cemetery, Niedersachsen, Germany
CWGC Additional Information: Son of James Hilary Moylan and Maude Ellen Moylan; husband of Louise Jessie Moylan, of Rose Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Sydney NSW
Remembered: Panel 127, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
At 1000 hours on 14 September 1944, Mosquito LR406 took off from Benson detailed to carry out photo reconnaissance over Leipzig, Germany. Nothing was heard from the aircraft after take-off and it failed to return to base. The aircraft crashed on to a mountain near Badgfund in the Hartz mountains, about 48 miles north east of Kassel, Germany and the crew was killed.
The crew members of LR406 were:
Flight Sergeant William Robert Morrell (1578889) (RAFVR) (Navigator)
Pilot Officer Hilary Patrick Moylan (403640) (Pilot)
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, 166/28/401