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LIVERMORE, Texas

Personal Information
Rank P/O
Forename(s) Texas Roy
Surname Livermore
Gender M
Age
Decorations
Date of death 24-05-1943
Next of kin Son of William Texas Livermore and Hannah Jane Livermore (née Mills). Brother of J/95258 Carl Herman Livermore, who was also killed while on the strength of Bomber Command.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number JB841
Markings EQ-K
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 176..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 200
Enlistment information
Service Number J/17974
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 6
Squadron 408 (Goose)
Trade Navigator
Country of origin if different Canada
Fellow Servicemen
Alderson E H (F/S)
Colvin J M (F/O)
Hooper J (Sgt)
Slabotsky D (F/S)
Slobotsky D (F/S)
Thompson F (Sgt)
Uretzky H (F/O)
Last Operation information
Start Date 23-05-1943
End Date 24-05-1943
Takeoff Station Leeming
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Dortmund. 826 aircraft- the largest since the 1000 bomber raids. 38 aircraft Lost (4.6%). PFF met with clear conditions and marked the target accurately, leading to a good raid. Much devastation was wreaked across large parts of the city. In particular the Hoesch steelworks were put out of action. 624 were killed. This was the last sizeable raid on Dortmund for exactly one year.
Reason for Loss Crashed at Bergkamen, NE of Dortmund, Germany