Liversuch, Raymond John
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Raymond John |
Surname | Liversuch |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-07-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Albert and Jessie Winifred Liversuch of Ely, Glamorgan. His Brother Albert Francis Leversuch Also Fell. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Vickers Wellington IC |
Serial Number | AD605 |
Markings | ZP-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Bergen General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Plot 1. Row C. Grave 26. |
Epitaph | THERE'S SOME CORNER OF A FOREIGN FIELD THAT IS FOR EVER ENGLAND MIZPAH (Poem - The Soldier by Rupert Brooke) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 200 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1257329 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 109 |
Trade | WOp/AG |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside former Officers Mess, Stradishall, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Brick Memorial with Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | To commemorate 32 years of service by the men and women of R.A.F. Stradishall 1938 - 1970 |
Location | All Saints Church, Little Staughton, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet, Roll of Honour, Gp & Sqn Badges |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to those who served at RAF Little Staughton during WW2, including 109 Sqn |
Location | RAF Wyton Memorial Gardens, Wyton, Cambridgshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial & Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those who served at RAF Wyton during WW2, including 109 Sqn |
Miscellaneous Information
Remains found in 1982 and buried in Bergen General Cemetery along with his crewmates |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/853/28 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/853/27 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-07-1942 |
End Date | 03-07-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Stradishall |
Day/Night Raid | Night (74% moon) |
Operation | Special Duties |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Dirkshorn |