Edward Moss (cricketer)

Edward Henry Moss DFC (25 May 1911 — 31 March 1944) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve officer.

[1] He graduated from Oxford with second-class honours in modern history, and found employment as a schoolmaster at Radley College.

[5] Moss initially served during the Second World War with the Wiltshire Regiment,[1] where he gained the rank of lieutenant in June 1940.

[6] He relinquished his commission in September 1941, when he transferred to the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

[12] Moss had carried out five bombing sorties on Berlin, including on one occasion when his bomber was severely damaged while returning from a bombing run over Berlin after being hit by anti-aircraft fire, with Moss returning the bomber safely to England.