Moxley, Wilbur Lee
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Wilbur Lee |
Surname | Moxley |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 12-09-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Lee Nathaniel and Edna Catherine Moxley, of Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LM261 |
Markings | EM-L |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Leopoldsburg War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | VII. E. 16. |
Epitaph | TO LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE YOU LEAVE BEHIND IS NOT TO DIE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 77 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/90227 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 207 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary the Virgin Church, Bottesford, Leicestershire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Slate Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Bottesford during WW2 |
Location | X, Great Steeping, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed group of Memorial Stones with adjacent info board |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Spilsby and of 10 Sqn Armourers killed in an accident on 10th April 1944 |
Location | All Saints Church, Great Steeping |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Tablet and Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 207 Sqn RAF who served at RAF Spilsby during WW2 |
Location | Stn Church, RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Waddington between 1 November 1940 and 18th November 1941 |
Location | Harby Rd, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Memorial Stone |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 207 Sqn RAF which served at RAF Langar during WW2 |
Location | St. Andrew's Church, Langar, Nottinghamshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Brass Plaque & Roll of Honour within wooden case |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and a memorial to the personnel of 207 Sqn RAF who were killed flying from RAF Langar during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1236/2 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1236/1 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 11-09-1944 |
End Date | 12-09-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Spilsby |
Day/Night Raid | Night (26% moon) |
Operation | Darmstadt |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have been shot down over Belgium |