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Paul Darby Mosher
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Paul Darby
Mosher
J/7613
Pilot Officer
58 Squadron RAF, Royal Canadian Air Force
August 8, 1921
Dartmouth, NS
December 5, 1940
19
RCAF Recruiting Centre, Halifax, NS
Halifax, NS
Student
United Church
Single
Paul Darby Mosher Sr. (Father) Halifax, NS
July 10, 1942
20
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, United Kingdom
Panel 101
Commemorated on Page 101 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on March 4
Paul Mosher was the eldest of two sons of Paul Darby Sr. and H. Jean Mosher, of Halifax,
Nova Scotia, Canada. At enlistment, Paul Mosher was an engineering student at Dalhousie
University in Halifax. There from 1939, until his enlistment, he was a Cadet with Dalhousie
COTC. He served as Assistant Scout Master of 4th Halifax Scouts. His brother, George Bedford
Mosher served with the Royal Canadian Artillery.
Completing his flying training in Canada he proceeded overseas and was assigned to 58
Squadron, RAF, part of RAF Bomber Command, equipped with the Whitley bomber, serving
with Coastal Command as an anti-submarine squadron.
On July 10, 1942 his aircraft failed to return to base from air operations. He was Second
Pilot on the flight. All five crew members were presumed lost at sea.
Runnymede Memorial
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