Stirling EF436 (AA-A)
Gardening (mining) Mission off Friesian Islands
T/O 23.45 from Mepal. Lost without trace. All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial.
F/Sgt R Thomas RNZAF
Sgt A Lackenby
Sgt W E Stobbs
Sgt D A A A Taylor
Sgt J B McLoughlin
Sgt C J Moore RAAF
Sgt L O Lewington
Some have claimed that it was shotdown by Hpt Georg-Hermann Greiner of 11./NJG 1 but this doesn't fit with his claims sheet:
Aces of the Luftwaffe - Georg-Hermann Greiner
As to the Unknown Airman, it couldn't be Moore as he would have been lost on the morning of the 6th Aug. Even if his body did turn up and couldn't be identified it would have taken at least a day or two, because he would have been lost over the water.