Moriarty, Daniel
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Daniel |
Surname | Moriarty |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
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 |
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 27/2145/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2143/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
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 |