Frank Mooney was born on 13th November 1922 to Elizabeth and Bernard Mooney M.D. of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
His father was a radiologist and had worked at Edmonton General Hospital, Alberta in the 1920s and 30s which could be where Frank was
born before the family moved to Vancouver. After enlisting into the RCAF and gaining his Wings in Canada and probably
received his commission around the same time as his Wings. He was posted to the UK in 1944 and formed up with the main part
of his crew at an Operational Training Unit before posting to 1659 HCU later in the year. He had acquired the nickname
"Pranger" while at the Operational Training Unit suggesting that he had been at the controls of one or more aircraft when they were damaged.
At the time of creating this webpage details of any other incidents he had been involved in are not yet known.
F/O Mooney was killed as a result of the accident at Felixkirk, he was twenty one years old and was buried at Harrogate Stonefall Cemetery with the funerals taking place
at 10.30hrs on 20th January 1945.
