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Franklin Guy Moore

In memory of:

Warrant Officer Class II Franklin Guy Moore

April 28, 1943
The Kattegat

Military Service

Service Number:

R/119531

Age:

24

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

61 Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of George A. and Myra Ellen Moore, of Kenora, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 195 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Surrey, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Panel 180.

Location:

During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.

The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:

IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE

In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Warrant Officer Class II Franklin Guy Moore is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II Franklin Guy Moore is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Memorial – Warrant Officer Class II Franklin Guy Moore is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.

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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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    Newspaper clipping – In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
  • Memorial– Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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    Memorial – Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Runnymede Memorial– Minelaying OP on 28/29 April 1943 207 aircraft - 68 Lancasters, 60 Halifaxes, 47 Wellingtons, 32 Stirlings - carried out large minelaying operation. 167 aircraft laid 593 mines off Heligoland, in the River Elbe and in the Great and Little Belts. Low cloud over the German and Danish Coasts forced the minelayers to fly low in order to establish their positions before laying their mines and much German light flak activity was seen. 22 aircraft - 7 Lancasters, 7 Stirlings, 6 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes - were lost. This was the heaviest loss of aircraft while minelaying in the war, but the number of mines laid was the highest in one night. [Source: RAF Bomber Command Daily Operations] Story of crash from www.flensed.eu.com Airwar Over Denmark is used with permission. Lancaster I W4898 of RAF 61 Sqn was airborne 20:36 from Syerston. Their target: Gardening Verbena (Southern part of Øresund) The circumstanced under which W4898 was lost is not known but it is believed that it crashed into the southern parts of the sea of Kattegat. The crew of seven died. Pilot W/O Michael de Beauchamp Collenette laid to rest in Frederikshavn cemetery on 6/5-1943. Flt. Engr. Sgt J Normann was found near Helsingborg in Sweden and was laid to rest in Pålsjö cemetery. On the morning of 19/5 the body of Navigator P/O Ian R. Robertson RAAF was found by a fisherman and buried in Bispebjerg cemetery on 22/5-1943. Bomb aimer P/O Reginald D. Mix RCAF, Wop F/S Nathaniel R. Gyles RAAF, Rear unner Sgt Franklyn G. Moore RCAF and Mid upper gunner Sgt Arthur W. Bond have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.

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    Runnymede Memorial – Minelaying OP on 28/29 April 1943 207 aircraft - 68 Lancasters, 60 Halifaxes, 47 Wellingtons, 32 Stirlings - carried out large minelaying operation. 167 aircraft laid 593 mines off Heligoland, in the River Elbe and in the Great and Little Belts. Low cloud over the German and Danish Coasts forced the minelayers to fly low in order to establish their positions before laying their mines and much German light flak activity was seen. 22 aircraft - 7 Lancasters, 7 Stirlings, 6 Wellingtons, 2 Halifaxes - were lost. This was the heaviest loss of aircraft while minelaying in the war, but the number of mines laid was the highest in one night. [Source: RAF Bomber Command Daily Operations] Story of crash from www.flensed.eu.com Airwar Over Denmark is used with permission. Lancaster I W4898 of RAF 61 Sqn was airborne 20:36 from Syerston. Their target: Gardening Verbena (Southern part of Øresund) The circumstanced under which W4898 was lost is not known but it is believed that it crashed into the southern parts of the sea of Kattegat. The crew of seven died. Pilot W/O Michael de Beauchamp Collenette laid to rest in Frederikshavn cemetery on 6/5-1943. Flt. Engr. Sgt J Normann was found near Helsingborg in Sweden and was laid to rest in Pålsjö cemetery. On the morning of 19/5 the body of Navigator P/O Ian R. Robertson RAAF was found by a fisherman and buried in Bispebjerg cemetery on 22/5-1943. Bomb aimer P/O Reginald D. Mix RCAF, Wop F/S Nathaniel R. Gyles RAAF, Rear unner Sgt Franklyn G. Moore RCAF and Mid upper gunner Sgt Arthur W. Bond have no known grave and are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
  • Memorial– Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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