The airmen who perished in the crash were-
RCAF Flying Officer Harry URETZKY,
RAFVR Sergeant Frederick THOMPSON,
RCAF Flight Sergeant David SLABOTSKY,
RCAF Pilot Officer Texas Roy LIVERMORE,
RCAF Sergeant John HOOPER,
RCAF Flying Officer James MacKenzie COLVIN and
RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest Henry ALDERSON.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: R/94489
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 408 'Goose' RCAF Squadron, Bomber Command; RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: 'For Freedom')
A storekeeper by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 6 May 1941 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Of the Jewish faith, he was the son of Charles and Sarah (née Yvafsky [or Grefsky]) Slabosky of Outrement, Quebec [father born in Russia; mother born in Quebec].
Flight Sergeant David Slabotsky is commemorated on Page 214 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The airmen who perished in the crash were-
RCAF Flying Officer Harry URETZKY,
RAFVR Sergeant Frederick THOMPSON,
RCAF Flight Sergeant David SLABOTSKY,
RCAF Pilot Officer Texas Roy LIVERMORE,
RCAF Sergeant John HOOPER,
RCAF Flying Officer James MacKenzie COLVIN and
RCAF Flight Sergeant Ernest Henry ALDERSON.
Military Service-
Rank: Flight Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Service Number: R/94489
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 408 'Goose' RCAF Squadron, Bomber Command; RAF Leeming, Yorkshire
(MOTTO: 'For Freedom')
A storekeeper by trade, he enlisted in the RCAF on 6 May 1941 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Of the Jewish faith, he was the son of Charles and Sarah (née Yvafsky [or Grefsky]) Slabosky of Outrement, Quebec [father born in Russia; mother born in Quebec].
Flight Sergeant David Slabotsky is commemorated on Page 214 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance.
He is also commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Inscription
1943
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
FLIGHT SERGEANT
SLOBOTSKY D.
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement