Roome, Henry Frederick
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Henry Frederick |
Surname | Roome |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 13-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Frederick and Lorna Eileen Roome, of Gayndah, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster I |
Serial Number | LM265 |
Markings | JI-E |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Coll. grave 22. D. 12-15. |
Epitaph | IN THE LOVING CARE OF JESUS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 235 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 434016 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 514 |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Church of St. John the Evangelist, Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial and RoH |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and memorial to the members of 514 Sqn who served at RAF Waterbeach 1943-1945 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1981/34 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1978/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 12-08-1944 |
End Date | 13-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Waterbeach |
Day/Night Raid | Night (30% moon) |
Operation | Russelsheim to bomb the Opel motor factory, with normal PFF marking (unlike the concurrent Braunschweig raid). 297 aircraft, 20 losses (6.7%). Only slight damage was inflicted with may of the bombs falling in open countryside. |
Reason for Loss | Believed to have been shot down. Crashed in the village of Engelstadt, Germany. Sgt G. M. Holt, the Flight Engineer, survived and became a PoW |