Gordon Gwynne Moore

Gee Moore and his fiance

• Death Notes
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    Died in WWII in a Beaufort bomber crash off the coast of Perth, Western Australia, shortly before he was due to go on leave and get married.
    G. was the ??navigator on the plane which crashed due to mechanical failure.  Many Beauforts had been crashing due to unknown mechanical failure.  On G's plane they were able to radio the cause of the mechanical failure - the ailerons got stuck.  As a result all other Beauforts were modified to remedy this problem, and so prevented any further crashes due to this problem.
    
    

• General Notes
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    First child.
    Known in the family as "G".
    Attended Scotch College.
    Flew in WWII first as a bombardier in B-26 Marauders on "lend-lease" to the Americans in the Pacific War.
    Later he flew as a bombardier in Beaufort bombers and was killed in a plane crash off the coast of Perth.
    Engaged to be married.
    
    G's death was very traumatic to the family.  His mother never recovered after this - it tipped her Parkinson's Disease into major decline.  G's fiance was deeply wounded by this too.
    G's mother Elsie always said that she could cope if he was killed in battle.  However G had been transferred to "safe duties" flying Beaufort bombers from Perth because he was due shortly to go on leave and get married.  His death from accident not from fighting was much harder for the family to accept.
    One good thing came out if this tragedy.  Beaufort bombers were crashing a lot and nobody could work out why.  However the radio operator on G's plane was able to radio back to base just before the plane hit the water that the aeleron was stuck.  As a result this problem was fixed and there were no more Beaufort crashes.
    
    Died childless.