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Hubert James Mouland
Hubert James Mouland
Sergeant
R/176899
Royal Canadian Air Force
408 Squadron
July 31, 1924
Sydney, NS
August 21, 1942
January 3, 1944
19
Runnymede Memorial
Panel 256
Commemorated on page 400 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on August 27
Hubert James Mouland was the son of Adam and Thurza Mouland, of Sydney, NS.
After enlisting with the RCAF he trained in Canada until August, 1943 when he went overseas. He
joined RCAF 408 Squadron on January 1, 1944.
Lancaster LL 631 “G” of RCAF 408 Squadron (based at RCAF Station Leeming) and its crew of
seven were reported missing from operations over Berlin on the night of January 2/3. It was
determined post war that the aircraft exploded and crashed approximately fifteen miles south of Berlin.
Five members of the crew survived; however, the pilot, Flight Sergeant D. E. Hilker, and Sergeant
Mouland, who was acting as Air Gunner, were killed.