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Aylwin John Mosley DFC RAAF and crew – 103 Squadron – 1944/45 - 418454

Aylwin Mosley was born at Orbast, Victoria, Australia 24 March 1922 and enlisted 22 May 1942.

The Mosley crew were posted to 103 Squadron at RAF Elsham Wolds in the autumn of 1944 exact date not recorded.

The crew crew consisted of :-

P/O A J Mosley RAAF

Sgt P L Thompson

Sgt G Marriott

F/O K C Dunn RCAF

Sgt R J Evans

Sgt L A Wolstenholme

Sgt R E Ward

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According to the 103 ORB Dunn was replaced by Sgt P D Carpenter after the first operation who was in turn replaced by F/O C Storr apart from the final op when Storr was replaced by F/L A J Warren RCAF

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04-Nov-44 - Bochum - Point of Aim - Lancaster - NF999 - P/O AJ Mosley RAAF

06-Nov-44 - Gelsenkirchen - Oil - Lancaster - ED888 - P/O AJ Mosley RAAF

29-Nov-44 - Dortmund - Point of Aim - Lancaster - PB563 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

04-Dec-44 - Karlsruhe - Point of Aim - Lancaster - LM177 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

12-Dec-44 - Essen - Point of Aim - Lancaster - NF909 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

17-Dec-44 - Ulm - Point of Aim - Lancaster - NF913 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

21-Dec-44 - Stettin Bay - Mine laying - Lancaster - NF913 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF - Bad weather at base. All aircraft diverted to East Fortune

24-Dec-44 - Cologne/Nippes - Railway yards - Lancaster - NF913 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF - Bad weather at base. All aircraft diverted to Old Buckenham

28-Dec-44 - Munchengladbach - Railway yards - Lancaster - JA857 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

16-Jan-45 - Zeitz - Oil - Lancaster - NF909 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

01-Feb-45 - Ludwigshafen - Point of Aim - Lancaster - JA857 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

02-Feb-45 - Wiesbaden - Point of Aim - Lancaster - JA857 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

07-Feb-45 - Kleve - Army support - Lancaster - JA857 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

08-Feb-45 - Politz - Oil - Lancaster - JA857 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

13-Feb-45 - Dresden - Operation Thunderclap - Lancaster - LM132 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

14-Feb-45 - Chemnitz - Operation Thunderclap - Lancaster - LM132 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

18-Feb-45 - Elbe Estuary - Mine laying - Lancaster - RA515 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

21-Feb-45 - Duisburg - Point of Aim - Lancaster - ME475 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

23-Feb-45 - Pforzheim - Point of Aim - Lancaster - ME475 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

24-Feb-45 - Kattegat - Mine laying - Lancaster - NG173 - F/O AJ Mosley  RAAF

01-Mar-45 -Mannheim - Point of Aim - Lancaster - NF913 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

02-Mar-45 - Cologne - Army support - Lancaster - NF913 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

05-Mar-45 - Chemnitz - Operation Thunderclap - Lancaster - PD427 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

07-Mar-45 - Dessau - Point of Aim - Lancaster - PD427 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

08-Mar-45 - Kassel - Point of Aim - Lancaster - PD427 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

6-Mar-45 - Nuremberg - Point of Aim - Lancaster - PD427 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

19-Mar-45 - Hanau - Point of Aim - Lancaster - PD427 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

21-Mar-45 - Bremen - Oil - Lancaster - PD427 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

22-Mar-45 - Hildesheim - Railway yards - Lancaster - PD427 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

04-Apr-45 - Kullen Sound/Kattega - Mine laying - Lancaster - PD427 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

09-Apr-45 - Kiel Bay - Mine laying - Lancaster - NG173 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

10-Apr-45 – Plauen - Railway yards - Lancaster - PD427 - F/O AJ Mosley RAAF

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I can find no record of when and where Mosley was transferred but F/O Storr was posted to 78 Squadron on the 9 May 1945. At this time 78 was part of Transport Command.

Mosley was award a DFC Gazetted 9 March 1945 and passed away on 5 April 2006 aged 84 years in Hobart, Tasmania.

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F/O Clifford Storr RAFVR

Mr Storr completed 2 tours of operations as a navigator with Bomber Command.

He passed away in a nursing home in Banbury, Oxfordshire on 10 December 2023 at the age of 100

Compiled by David Fell

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