John Moffat (Royal Navy officer)

John Moffat
John Moffat
Nickname(s)	"Jock"
Born	17 June 1919; Swinton, Scottish Borders
Died	11 December 2016 (aged 97); Perth, Scotland
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	Royal Navy
Years of service	1938–1946
Rank	Lieutenant Commander
Unit	759 Naval Air Squadron; 818 Naval Air Squadron; 820 Naval Air Squadron; 824 Naval Air Squadron;
Battles/wars	Second World War Battle of the Atlantic; Operation Rheinübung;

John William Charlton Moffat (17 June 1919 – 11 December 2016) was a Scottish Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilot, widely credited as the pilot whose torpedo crippled the German battleship Bismarck and author of the biographical I sank the Bismarck. Moffat took part in the courageous strike on the German battleship Bismarck during its Atlantic sortie, codenamed Operation Rheinübung, on 26 May 1941 whilst flying a Fairey Swordfish biplane.

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