Index
Abbotsinch
Acasta
Achilles
Addu Atoll
Admiral Graf Spee
Admiral Hipper
Ajax
Albacores
Altmark
Arbroath
Ardent
Argus
Ark Royal,
HMS,
aircraft on board
anti-submarine patrols
attack on by German fighters and success against the Luftwaffe
attack on by Italian bombers
camaraderie on board
and Dakar operation
defence of Malta
destruction and sinking of
Bismarck
in final torpedo attack
discovery of wreck of
escorting of convoys
fame of
first Swordfish torpedo strike on
Bismarck
and accidental firing on the
Sheffield
involvement of aircraft in bombing raids of Elmas aerodrome
involvement of aircraft in large-scale attack on Italian naval bases operation
involvement in operation against French ships in Oran and Mers-el-Kébir
involvement in Operation Collar and attack on Italian fleet
refit
reliance on
Sheffield
's radar for locating enemy aircraft
search for
Bismarck
and sighting of
search for
Scharnhorst
and
Gneisenau
sinking of (1941)
and Tirso dam raid
see also
Moffat, John: Naval Career:
Ark Royal
Attenborough, Sub-Lieutenant
Avro
Ballard, Bob
Barham,
HMS
barrage balloons
Bayly, Lieutenant
Beale, Sub-Lieutenant Tony 'Bud'
Bianca
Biggs, Leading Airman 'Baron'
Bigsworth Board
Bismarck
attack on by destroyers
attack on
Prince of Wales
and damaging of by
attempt to intercept
damage inflicted on by
Prince of Wales
decision to separate from
Prinz Eugen
by Lutjens and to head south to France
destruction of
Hood
by
discovery of wreck of
final attack on and sinking of
firing on by battleships
first Swordfish torpedo strike on and accidental firing on
Sheffield
force and military capability of
launching of Swordfish strike on by
Victorious
loss of contact with by
Suffolk
Lutjens' error of judgement and sending of signals
monitoring of and attempt to intercept
search for by
Ark Royal
and sighting of
Blitz
Brabner, Rupert
Breconshire,
HMS
Bretagne
Britain, Battle of
Brokensha, Guy 'Brok'
Brown, Captain Eric
Cagliari
Cam, Sir Sydney
Cape Town
catapult launches
Cavour
Ceylon
Chamberlain, Neville
Chambers, Dickie
Charlier, Sub-Lieutenant Dick
children, evacuation of
Churchill, Winston
Colombo
bombing of by Japanese
Coode, Lt Commander Trevenon 'Tim'
Cornwall,
HMS
Cossack,
HMS
Cottle, Marjorie
Courageous,
HMS
Crane, Lieutenant
Crete
evacuation of British troops from
Cross, Sub-Lieutenant
Cubitt, Lt Commander
Cunningham, Admiral Andrew
Dakar operation
Dawson, George
de Gaulle, General
Deans, Mr
Denmark Strait
Dewoitine D.520
Diamond
Dixon-Childe, Sub-Lieutenant Eric
Doric Star
Dorsetshire,
HMS
Douglas, Lt Commander
Douglas, Robert
Dubber, Petty Officer
Duilio
Dunkerque
Dunkirk
Dunkley, Sub-Lieutenant Ed
Duplex triggers
Eagle,
HMS
Earlston
Eastern Fleet
Eastleigh
Eccleshall, Petty Officer
Edward VII, King, abdication of
Egypt
convoy operation (Operation Collar)
Eighth Army
Elias, Sub-Lieutenant
Elmas aerodrome (Cagliari)
England, Sub-Lieutenant
Enterprise,
HMS
Esmonde, Lt Commander
Evans, Glan 'Taff'
Exeter
Fairey Fulmar
see
Fulmars
Fairey Swordfish
see
Swordfish
Faroes
Faulkner
Ferguson, Sub-Lieutenant
Fiat CR.32s
First World War
Firth, Lieutenant
Fleet Air Arm
casualties in
Fleet Air Arm Museum
Focke Wulf 190 fighters
Foote, Sub-Lieutenant
Force H
Operation Collar and inquiry into
Formidable,
HMS
assistance in landings on Madagascar
in Battle of Matapan
damage to and repairs
design
docking in Colombo
mechanical problem
patrols in Indian Ocean and search for Japanese warships
see also
Moffat, John: Naval Career:
Formidable
Foxhound,
HMS
France
invasion of by Germany
Free French
Frobisher,
HMS
Fulmars
Furious,
HMS
Furlong, Frankie
Gallipoli
Gan
Gannet, HMS
Gardner, Lieutenant Nigel
General Strike (1926)
Genoa
shelling of harbour by
Malaya
and
Renown
German Afrika Corps
Ghurkha,
HMS
Gick, Percy
Gladiators
Glasgow,
HMS
Glorious,
HMS
attack on by
Scharnhorst
and sinking of
Gloster Gladiators
Gneisenau
impact of
search for and sighting of
sinking of convoys by
wiping out of 825 Squadron in attempted attack on
Godfrey-Faussett, Lieutenant David 'Feather'
Gorizia
Gort, Lord
Graf Spee
Greece
invasion of by Germany
Guthrie, Lieutenant
Hale, Lt Commander
Halifax, Leading Airman
Harland and Wolff
Harvard (plane)
Hawker Hart
Hay, Lieutenant
Hayman, Albert
Hearn, Charlie
Heinkel
Hermes,
HMS
attack on by Japanese
Hitler, Adolf
Holland, Captain Cedric 'Hooky'
Holland, Vice Admiral Lancelot
Hood,
HMS
destruction of by
Bismarck
Horan, Mark
Howard, Petty Officer
Hurricanes
Illustrious,
HMS
bombing of by German Stukas and damage caused
involvement in attack on Italian fleet at Taranto
Indian Ocean
Indomitable,
HMS
Italian bombers
attack on
Ark Royal
attack on
Illustrious
Italian fleet
attack on at Taranto harbour
attack on during Operation Collar
Italian naval bases
large-scale operation against
Jack, Flight Sergeant
Jackson, Lieutenant
Jackson, Pat
Japanese
bombing of Colombo
destroying of
Dorsetshire
and
Cornwall
fleet and carriers
sinking of
Prince of Wales
by
Japanese torpedo aircraft
Jarrow March (1936)
Johnson, Petty Officer
Johnstone, Lt Commander Mervyn 'Johnnie'
Jolson, Al
Junkers
see
Stukas
'Kate'
Keane, Lieutenant Stanley
Kelso
Kelso Abbey
Kelso High School
Kemp, Lieutenant
Kindersley, Lieutenant
King George V
Kingsmill, Sub-Lieutenant
Knight, Sub-Lieutenant
Königsberg
La Spezia
dropping of mines at harbour of
Larcom, Captain
Lawson, Robert
Leach, Captain John
Leggett, Petty Officer
Leghorn
Lewis, Sir George
Lindemann, Captain Ernst
Lithgow, Mike
Littorio
Liverpool,
HMS
Low Fell (County Durham)
Luftwaffe
attack on
Ark Royal
Lutjens, Admiral Günther
Lyster, Admiral Arthur
'Mabel'
Machrihanish
Mackinnon Road
Madagascar
Malaya
Malta
Manchester,
HMS
Margetts, Eric
Mark IX warhead
Mark VIII warhead
Matapan, Battle of
Maund, Captain Loben
May, Buster
Mayes, 'Maxie'
Mediterranean
Mediterranean Fleet
Mers-el-Kébir
operation against French ships at
Messerschmitt fighters
Miles Magister
Miller, Dusty
Moffat, John
Early Years
applies to Naval Air Service Reserve
applies to the Southern Rhodesian Mounted Police and attends interview in London
childhood in Earlston and scrapes got into
first flight in an airplane
and horse riding
leaves school and gets job at bus company
living in Kelso
living in London
moves from Earlston to Low Fell
plays the piano and violin
rescue mission in heavy snow
resigns from bus company job
schooling
Naval Career:
assigned to
Furious
in charge of flying at Naval Air Station Cowdray Park
depth-charge explosion and nearfatal disaster
drafted on to
Argus
and escorting of Gibraltar-bound convoy
end of carrier duties due to illness
flying accident in Albacore
at Hatston
posted back to squadron 818 at Arbroath
posting to Machrihanish and exercises undertaken
posting to Twatt
Ark Royal
anti-submarine patrols
arrival at Gibraltar and boarding of
disappointment at not being picked for Tirso dam operation
dropping of mines on La Spezia's harbour
familiarization flight and first deck landing
fellow pilots and crew
German fighter attack on
getting lost on patrol
hierarchy aboard
influence of Coode on
involved in second strike on
Bismarck
and dropping of torpedo on
landing of Swordfish on
life on board
manning machine gun on flight deck
notice of posting to
quarters
search for
Bismarck
search for
Scharnhorst
and
Gneisenau
ship's duties
training and practice on board
trip down to on
Argus
Formidable
assists in building of airstrip on Mombasa
at Cape Town
encountering of tropical storm
life on board
made deck landing officer
patrols in Indian Ocean
posted to and arrival on board
practising night-time operations
return to England
Naval Training
attacks by German fighters on Eastleigh base
becomes sub-lieutenant in RNVS
bombing and gunnery course at Stormy Down
bombing of Worthy Down and killing of companions
course at Royal Naval College
encountering of enemy fighters during
end of
first crash
first solo flight
initial flying training at Belfast
learns to dive-bomb and launch a torpedo