218372 F/O. Ian Frederick Livingstone Royal Air Force 83 Sqd. from:Stirling, Scotland (d.9th Mar 1942) Ian Frederick Livingstone was my Mother`s first cousin, their mothers were sisters. Ian volunteered for the RAF and flew many raids over Germany with the 83 Squadron, including night raids over Essen. It was on this last raid on 9/3/1942 flying an Avro Manchester, he was returning home and was shot down off the coast of Holland. All crew were killed.
His dog tags were retrieved by a young Dutch man, who hid them for the duration of WW2. When the War ended he handed in the Dog tags to the relevant authority, who were able to pass on this information to his Mother, my Great-Aunt Katherine Livingstone. She was able to visit the Dutch family for many years after, thanking them. They looked after Ian's Grave and then as each member grew older, the task was handed down to the next generation. Ian was 25 years of age when he died and is buried in Bergen Cemetery, Holland. He is commemorated in a stained glass window in his local Church in Stirling and also in Edinburgh Castle in the RAF book.
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