Mouritz, Francis Arthur
Title
Mouritz, Francis Arthur
F A Mouritz
Description
Four items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Frank Mouritz (1923 - 2021, 427346 Royal Australian Air Force) and contains an oral history interview, pages from his log book and two photographs.
He flew 34 operations as a pilot with 61 Squadron and flew QR-M 'Mickey the Moocher' in 1945.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Francis Arthur Mouritz and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
He flew 34 operations as a pilot with 61 Squadron and flew QR-M 'Mickey the Moocher' in 1945.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Francis Arthur Mouritz and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Date
2015-09-13
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Mouritz, FA
Collection Items
Interview with Frank Mouritz
Frank was born in Australia in 1923 and joined the RAAF in 1942. After initial training as a pilot in Australia and Canada on Tiger Moth and Anson aircraft he arrived in England. Over the next 12 months he progressed from Oxford to Wellington to…
Pilot Officer Frank Mouritz
A head and shoulders portrait of Frank, with a Royal Australian shoulder tag. It is captioned 'Pilot Officer Mouritz, London 1944'.
Lancaster Nose and Crew
Seven airmen in flying kit under the nose of a Lancaster. The nose graphic records 118 operations. The nose art is of Mickey the Moocher, a cartoon mouse pulling a trolley with a bomb.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in…
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in…
Frank Mouritz's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book
A partial Royal Australian Air Force Flying log book for F A Mouritz. Covers (with gaps) the period from 27 September 1944 to 18 April 1945. He was stationed at RAF Skellingthorpe with 61 Squadron flying Lancasters. The log book details eight night…
Collection Tree
- Mouritz, Francis Arthur