John Moffat Military person

John William Charlton Moffat (born 17 June 1919) is a former Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilot, famous for crippling the German battleship Bismarck during its Atlantic sortie, codenamed Operation Rheinübung on 26 May 1941, whilst flying a Fairey Swordfish biplane.

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Birth dateJune 17, 1919
Birth place
United Kingdom , Kelso Scottish Borders , Swinton Scottish Borders

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Military person

military operations
Battle of the Atlantic
World War II
military branch
Royal Navy
Fleet Air Arm
military unit
HMS Ark Royal (91)
824 Naval Air Squadron
820 Naval Air Squadron
818 Naval Air Squadron
service start1938
service end1946

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