John Moffat (Royal Navy officer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

John Moffat (Royal Navy officer)

Royal Navy officer

Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1919

Place of Birth: Swinton, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 11-Dec-2016

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About John Moffat (Royal Navy officer)

  • John William Charlton Moffat (17 June 1919 – 11 December 2016) was a Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilot, widely credited as the pilot whose torpedo crippled the German battleship Bismarck and author of the biographical I sank the Bismarck.
  • Moffat took part in the courageous strike on 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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