Moffatt, Curtis MacKinnon
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Curtis MacKinnon |
Surname | Moffatt |
Gender | M |
Age | 22 |
Date of Death | 13-03-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Willard Bruce Moffatt and Sarah Elizabeth Moffatt (née MacKinnon), of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington III |
Serial Number | BJ756 |
Markings | KO-Q |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Amersfoort (Oud Leusden) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 13. Row 7. Grave 137. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 213 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | R/105883 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 115 |
Squadron Motto | Despite the elements |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Lancaster Industrial Estate, Witchford, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Slate Tablets & Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In honour of those who served during the Second World War 1939 - 1945 |
Miscellaneous Information
Curtis was born at Edmonton, Alberta on 3 October 1920. His father was born in Edmonton and his mother in Nova Scotia. He went to Highlands school 1926-1935 (grade 8) and again in 1935-1937. He then went on to Eastwood High School 1937-1938, (grade 10). Between 1935-1938 he also attended Edmonton Tech for one day a week. He enjoyed playing hockey, rugby, baseball and tennis and was interested in motors and machinery. Curtis worked as a clerk for Safeway’s Ltd during 1938-1939 and then worked, also as a clerk, for MacLeods Ltd., 1939-1941. |
He enlisted on 11 June 1941 and after training was posted to the U.K. where he arrived on 18 August 1942. He was then at 16 OTU on 13 October 1942 and 115 Squadron on 25 February 1943. No further movements are shown on his records but he sadly lost his life on 13 March 1943 from 115 Squadron. |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/6 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/890/5 |
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 | 12-03-1943 |
End Date | 13-03-1943 |
Takeoff Station | East Wretham |
Day/Night Raid | Night (42% moon) |
Operation | Essen. 457 aircraft, 23 losses (5.0%). PFF marked using Oboe. Very accurate bombing over the Krupps factory. 500 homes also destroyed. German authorities also reported damage and deaths in neighbouring towns. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a Bf.110 night-fighter flown by Lt. Oskar Köstler of 10./NJG1 and crashed into the IJsselmeer |