Moriarty, Daniel
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Daniel |
Surname | Moriarty |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Date of Death | 04-05-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Michael Joseph Moriarty and Margaret Moriarty (née Burke), of Massachusetts, USA. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | LM515 |
Markings | CF-W |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Trouan-Le-Petit Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 3. |
Epitaph | ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM O LORD R.I.P. |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 76 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/26211 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 1 |
Squadron | 625 |
Squadron Motto | We avenge |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United States of America |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside Location, Kelstern, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 625 Sqn, RAF Kelstern October 1943 to April 1945 |
Location | St. Faiths Church. Kelstern, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH in wooden case |
Memorial Text | 625 Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Miscellaneous Information
Daniel was born on 20 December 1923 at Dowlais, Wales, U.K. Both parents were born in Ireland; his mother in County Cork and his father in County Kerry who worked as a truck driver in the USA. The schools he attended were Lowell School, Massachusetts 1929-1934, Russel School 1934-1937 and Cambridge Latin High School (in Cambridge, MA), 1937-1939. The sports he enjoyed were football, basketball, swimming and Track. Daniel spent three months working in a grocery store working as a clerk in Boston during 1939 and then as a Bell Boy in both the Continental Hotel in Cambridge, MA and the Willard Hotel in Washington D.C.between 1939-1942. He then enlisted . |
After enlisting on 4 July 1942 and undergoing initial training, Daniel embarked from Canada on 23 June 1943 reaching 3PRC in the U.K. on 2 July 1943. He then went to 6(0)AFU on 16 July 1943, 81 OTU 17 August 1943, 1656 CU 8 November 1943 and 625 Squadron on 10 February 1944. Sadly Daniel was to lose his life on 4 May 1944. |
It appears that the family retained their British citizenship. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2143/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2143/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Please note that this list gives all the losses aboard the quoted aircraft and occasionally these may have occurred on an earlier date when the aircraft was not itself lost. Please check the dates of death carefully.
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 03-05-1944 |
End Date | 04-05-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Kelstern |
Day/Night Raid | Night (83% moon) |
Operation | Mailly-le-Camp |
Reason for Loss | Shot down after completing its bomb run, the aircraft crashed at Trouan-le-Petit, near Troyes |