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Military service
Service number:
J/24555
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
420 Sqdn.
Death:
August 17, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
3. C. 13.
Additional information
Son of Louis Wilfred and Margaret Will Moffit, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer Francis Wilfred Moffit
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Newspaper Clipping
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Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Francis Wilfred Moffit is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer Francis Wilfred Moffit is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Photo of FRANCIS WILFRED MOFFIT
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of FRANCIS WILFRED MOFFIT
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Letter
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial Plaque
This outdoor plaque is located at the “Old Vic” building, part of Victoria University in the University of Toronto. The decorative motif at the top shows the Victoria University crest, with motto in Latin: “ABEUNT STUDIA IN MORES”. The plaque is inscribed: “THEY WERE VALIANT IN LIFE TRIUMPHANT IN DEATH. ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE STUDENTS OF THIS COLLEGE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1939-1945. THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY THE BOARD OF REGENTS AND DEDICATED OCTOBER 13TH, 1953”. There are 79 names inscribed in bas relief. Photo: Cody Gagnon, courtesy of Alumni Relations, University of Toronto.
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Wilfred Moffit
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Wilfred Moffit
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Wilfred Moffit
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Wilfred Moffit
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Wilfred Moffit
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Wilfred Moffit
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Wilfred Moffit
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Wilfred Moffit
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer Francis Wilfred Moffit
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 396 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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