John Joseph Mooney
MilitaryJoined RCAF, service pilot training, shipped overseas to ETO, operational training, assigned to
121S Fl/Sgt, commissioned P/O, promoted Fl/Lt, 8-8-41 Shared probable Ju88, 23-3-42 Destroyed Fw190, 9-6-42 Destroyed 2 x Fw190, m
Missing on fighter sweep [Rhubarb] nr Ostend in Spitfire Mk Vb W3841 16-6-42 Killed in Action (KIA).
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: Spitfire
- Unit: No 121 'Eagle' Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other E/A probable |
8 August 1941 | Shared probable Ju88. | |
Other E/A destroyed |
23 March 1942 | Destroyed Fw190. | |
Other E/A's destroyed |
9 June 1942 | Destroyed 2 x Fw190. | |
Died |
Ostend, Belgium | 16 June 1942 | Missing on fighter sweep [Rhubarb] nr Ostend in Spitfire Mk Vb W3841 16-6-42 Killed in Action (KIA). |
Buried |
Dunkirk, France | Dunkirk Town Cemetery, France. | |
New York, NY, USA | |||
Born |
Uniondale, NY, USA | Born in Uniondale, Hemstead, New York, USA. Son of Thomas and Agnes Mooney. | |
Other Joined RCAF |
Canada | Joined Royal Canadian Air Force. | |
Other Service pilot training |
Canada | Service pilot training. | |
Other Shipped overseas |
Merseyside, UK | Shipped overseas to ETO. | |
Other Operational training |
Great Britain, United Kingdom | Operational training at OTU. Conversion to Hurricane and Spitfires. | |
Other Assigned |
Kirton in Lindsey, Gainsborough, North Lincolnshire DN21, UK | 16 June 1942 | Assigned to 121 [Eagle] Sqn RAF initially as Fl/Sgt. Commissioned P/O in short time. Promoted to Fl/Lt. |
Revisions
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3600
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2275052/MOONEY,%20JOHN%20JOS…
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3600
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2275052/MOONEY,%20JOHN%20JOS…
EAGLES of the RAF - The World War II Eagle Squadrons by Phillip D Caine.
http://www.uswarmemorials.org/html/people_details.php?PeopleID=3600
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2275052/MOONEY,%20JOHN%20JOS…
Combat Chronology / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia