Alan Ormerod MOFFET

1920 - 1945  (~ 25 years)

• Name	Alan Ormerod MOFFET
  Gender	Male
  Born	June 1920	Chorlton, Lancashire, England
  	Chorlton June 1920 8c 1377
  Died	21 July 1945	Whetstone, Leicestershire, England
  	CWGC, Blaby Sept 1945 7a 20
  Person ID	I17483	Clan Moffat UK
  Last Modified	31 August 2015

  
  

  Father	William Percy MOFFET,   b. March 1884, Kendal, Westmorland, England ,   d. March 1946, Westmorland, England  (Age ~ 62 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Emily LEICESTER,   b. September 1884, Northwich, Cheshire, England ,   d. September 1973, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  (Age ~ 89 years)
  Family ID	F4225	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family/Spouse	Mary Rebbla HODGSON,   b. 11 March 1920, Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England ,   d. 6 January 1983, Kendal, Cumbria, England  (Age 62 years)
  Married	June 1941	Kendal, Westmorland, England
  	Westmorland South June 1941 10b 2132
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F4226	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Memorial Ceremony Programme - page 1 From Colin Moffat, London, England I attended a memorial ceremony yesterday for Alan Ormerod Moffet, an RAF pilot, whose plane crashed at the very end of WW2. On the 70th anniversary of his death, Blaby, the village with the Airfield in which the crash took place, honoured Alan with a Memorial Seat.
  		Memorial Ceremony Programme - page 2 From Colin Moffat, London, England I attended a memorial ceremony yesterday for Alan Ormerod Moffet, an RAF pilot, whose plane crashed at the very end of WW2. On the 70th anniversary of his death, Blaby, the village with the Airfield in which the crash took place, honoured Alan with a Memorial Seat.
  		Memorial Ceremony Programme - page 3 From Colin Moffat, London, England I attended a memorial ceremony yesterday for Alan Ormerod Moffet, an RAF pilot, whose plane crashed at the very end of WW2. On the 70th anniversary of his death, Blaby, the village with the Airfield in which the crash took place, honoured Alan with a Memorial Seat.
  		Memorial Ceremony Programme - page 4 From Colin Moffat, London, England I attended a memorial ceremony yesterday for Alan Ormerod Moffet, an RAF pilot, whose plane crashed at the very end of WW2. On the 70th anniversary of his death, Blaby, the village with the Airfield in which the crash took place, honoured Alan with a Memorial Seat.

  
  

• Notes

  Joined RAF as an apprentice pilot in 1938. Skill as a pilot judged "exceptional". Initially ferry pilot, later instructor and RAF Test pilot (Wellingtons, Lancasters, etc). 1942, Awarded Air Force Cross. Squadron Leader. 40736. As the war drew to a close, he was test piloting early jet aircraft. He was flying a Gloster Meteor at the Powerjets sports and social club sports day in Whetstone, Leicestershire, when the when the aircraft crashed into a field adjacent to Blaby Cemetery. Grave: Skelsmergh Cemetery, Plot A Grave 36, Westmorland. Memorial seat: Blaby Cemetery, Leicestershire.