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No.759 Sqn FAA |
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Name : No.759 Sqn FAA Country : UK More Details : Fleet Air Arm |
| Pilots and Aircrew for : No.759 Sqn FAA | ||
| A list of all aircrew from our database who are associated with this squadron. A profile page is available by clicking their name. | ||
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| Moffat, John William Jock Click the name above to see a profile of Moffat, John William Jock | Moffat, John William Jock John Moffat was born in Kelso in 1919 and at the outbreak of WWII, was sent to Sydenham, Belfast where a training school, set up by Short Brothers, was based. John learnt to fly in a Miles Magister. During 1939, he was sent to No.1 Flying Training School at Netheravon and here he was taught to fly advanced open-cockpit aircraft such as Hawker Hinds and Audaxes. Commissioned into the RNVR as a sub-lieutenant he was moved to Eastlee (now Southampton Airport) to the Naval Fighter School, learning fighter techniques in Blackburn Skuas and Rocs and the well-known Gloster Gladiator. In 1940, John was moved to Sanderling, the Royal Naval air station at Abbotsinch (now known as Glasgow Airport). In 1941, on board HMS Ark Royal stationed at Gibraltar, they were ordered to assist in the hunt for Bismarck and Prinz Eugen. The aircraft headed first to HMS Sheffield who gave them signals by Aldis Lamp on the position of the Bismarck. John Moffat served on HMS Ark Royal, HMS Argus, HMS Furious and HMS Formidable, and served with 759 Sqn, 818 Sqn, 820 Sqn and 824 Sqn. | |
Known Individual Aircraft of No.759 Sqn FAA : | ||||||||
Type | Serial | Codes | First Flew | Squadron History | Aircrew History | History Notes | Engine | Factory |
- | no information | no information | Merlin 45 | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Griffon 87 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Griffon VI | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Griffon VI | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Griffon VI | Westland | ||||
- | no information | no information | Griffon 88 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Griffon 88 | |||||
- | no information | no information | Griffon 88 | |||||
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