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#	Name* (↑)	First Names	Rank	RAF Equivalent Rank	Service No.	Born	Nationality	Role	Awards	Air Force (↑)	Command (↑)	Unit (↑)	DateofIncident *See Note (↑)	Aircraft (↑)	Type	Serial	Code	Base	Time	Mission	Incident	Fate	Commemorated	Photo (Click to Expand)	Referring Database	Links/Archive Reports	Notes
2101	Burgess	James Michae	Sergeant		41140	1911	New Zealander	Air Gunner		RNZAF	Bomber Command	15 Sqd	1942-11-06	Stirling	I	R9201	LS-U	Bourn		Gardening, River Gironde	At 2145 local time, still on its outward journey over France, the Stirling was hit by flak whilst flying at low level. According to locals, the a/c appeared to be attempting a crash landing on the marshes near St Andre-des Eaux, making a gradual descent until it hit a row of trees and cartwheeled into the ground, disintegrating but not catching fire. The crew of eight were killed instantly. Because the a/c crashed at a shallow angle, most of the wreckage was left on the surface of the soft ground and was easily recovered, but the four Bristol Hercules XI engines carried on across the marsh, the furthest one was found 500 metres from the main impact point	Killed	Escoublac-la-Baule War Cemetery Plot 2 Row D Grave 12				The airmen were gathered for burial by local people, and they were laid to rest together at Escoublac la Baule War Cemetery on 9 Nov 1942. Father Robin Moyon conducted the service Son of William Burgess and of Ada Anne Burgess (nee Starck), of Marton, Wellington, New Zealand
2102	Burgess	Thomas Oakley	Flight Sergeant		551290	Age 21	UK	Wireless Operator/Air Gunner	DFM	RAF	Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1941-07-06	Wellington	II	W5360	PH-U	RAF Binbrook, Lincolnshire	2325	Brest	See archive report for further brief details	Killed	Guilers Churchyard. Collective grave			Archive Report	Son of Thomas Henry and Bertha Emily Burgess, of Mitcham, Surrey. Grave inscription: 'A Departure To Make Reunion Dearer. Mum And Dad'. See archive report for DFM details
2103	Burgess	Robert Orville	Flight Lieutenant		119467			Navigator		RAFVR	Bomber Command	192 Sqn	1944-06-27	Mosquito	IV	DK327	DT:N	Foulsham	00:10	BS	Operations around Vitry-le-Francois. Badly shot about and crash-landed 02:53 at Friston airfield in Sussex. No inuries reported	Uninjured
2104	Burgess	C	Sergeant								Bomber Command	44 Sqd	1943-12-23	Lancaster	III	ED999	KM-X	Dunholme Lodge	.0009.	Berlin	Believed shot down by night fighter	Killed	Hannover War Cemetery				Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1. This aircraft was claimed by Oblt Paul Zorner (8./NJG3). Vechta-Quakenbruck/South Diepholz at 6,300m. Time 05:43.This was his 19th kill. He would score another kill at 06:02. See Kracker Archive on this site. (Additional information from John Jones)
2105	Burgess	T M A	Sergeant		1389310						Bomber Command	57 Sqd	1943-06-12	Lancaster	III	ED668	DX-	Scampton	2256	Bochum	?	Killed	Runnymede
2106	Burgess	W J H	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	7 Sqd	1944-06-10	Lancaster	III	PA964	MG-K	Oakington	1507	Scholven-Buer		PoW
2107	Burgess	Malcolm Robert	Flight Sergeant		423076		Australia			RAAF		50 Sqd RAF	1944-06-06												RAAF Honour Roll
2108	Burgess	James Russell	Flight Sergeant		422130		Australia			RAAF		70 Sqd RAF	1944-06-29												RAAF Honour Roll
2109	Burgwal	Rudolph Frans	Flying Officer		113893	Age 26	Dutch	Pilot		RAFVR Dutch	Fighter Command	322 Sqd Netherlands	1944-08-12	Spitfire	IX	MH370 - Some publications state MH730	3W-L	RAF Deanland, Sussex		Escort	See archive report for further brief details. Lost Archive for full details	Killed	Initially buried Saint-Isle Communal Cemetery, Mayenne, F. Reburied Nederlands Ereveld Orry-la-Ville, Senlis, F, grave A/1/3	Courtesy Rob Philips	The Lost Archive	Read Archive Report	Born on the 27th September 1917 at Soerabaja, Java - F/O. Burgwal was the top V1 flying ace with 19 confirmed
2110	Burke	W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	44 Sqd	1944-11-06	Lancaster	I	ME791	KM-K			Training	Crash landed	Killed	Runnymede
2111	Burke	Lloyd K.	Staff Sergeant		39123034		American	Tail Gunner		US Army Air Force	8th Air Force	373th Bomber Squadron (96th Bombardment Group (H))	1944-04-13	B-17	G	42-97480	AW:B	Snetterton Heath (Station #138), Norfolk, England		Augsburg, Germany	On the southern leg of the flight the a/c came under repeated fighter attacks by Bf-19s. Damage inflicted included one engine knocked out, causing the crew to bail out. The aircraft crashed at 1625 hrs at Idenkeim, six miles South of Bitburg, Germany	PoW - Dulag Luft Grosstychow, Dulag 12
2112	Burkhart	Morris C	2nd Lt		O-819502		USA	Pilot		USAAF	50th Fighter Group	313th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-23	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed						Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2113	Burkwood	R W	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	61 Sqd	1944-06-24	Lancaster	III	ND987	QR-B	Skellingthorpe	2231	Prouville		Killed
2114	Burleson	Thomas H	1st Lt		O-748903		USA	Pilot		USAAF	IX Air Support Command	422nd Night Fighter Squadron	1944-12-25	Northrop P-61 Black Widow							1 Luftwaffe destroyed						Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2115	Burley	Philip Kenneth	Flight Lieutenant		149874	1920		Pilot	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	692 Sqn	1944-07-07	Mosquito	XVI	MM147	P3:M	Graveley	23:15	Berlin	Crashed at 01:28 to the W of Granzow, 9 km WNW from the centre of Kyritz. Claimed by Oblt. Fritz E. Krause, his 1st Abschuss, from 1./NJGr.10 over W. Kyritz, 65 km NW Berlin at 7.800 at 01:48 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery 7.C.7				Gransden Lodge corrected to Graveley by Roy Montrowe 07/2104 DFC awarded whilst with 107 Sqn, gazetted 20th April 1943 Son of Francis and Mary Ann Burley, of Ward End, Birmingham
2116	Burnell	S	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1944-01-05	Lancaster	III	JB357	PH-S	Wickenby	2349	Stettin	Crashed in Target area	Killed	Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery Poland
2117	Burnell	Charles John	Flight Lieutenant		131997				DFC			37 Sqd RAF	1944-07-06	Wellington	X	MF241	B	Foggia 2/Tortorella	21:51 take off	Attack Feuersbrunn air field, Austria	Crashed near the Adlerwerke	Killed	Klagenfurt War Cemetery Austria Joint Grave 4. C. 6-7.				37 Sqd Bombing Leader
2118	Burnett	T A	Pilot Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	90 Sqd	1944-06-10	Lancaster	III	NE177	WP-H	Tuddenham	2322	Dreux	Crashed at Grandvilliers {Eure}	Killed	Dreux Communal Cemetery
2119	Burnett	R	Sergeant		1343994			Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	51 Sqn	1944-05-24	Halifax	III	LW498	MH:T	Snaith	22:51	Aachen	LW498 was claimed by Hptm.Friedrich Karl Müller, his 13th Abschuss, from 1./NJGr.10, over Roemond at 4500 m, at 01:20 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten) Crashed between Baexem (Limburg) and Grathem, two small Dutch villages 10 km W of Roermond.	PoW					Repatriated on Letitia which docked at Liverpool on 2 February 1945.
2120	Burnett	William Alexander	Sergeant		1062774			W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	90 Sqd	1944-06-27	Lancaster	III	NE145	WP-D	RAF Tuddenham, Suffolk	2341	Biennais	See archive report for further information	Killed	Tunbridge Wells Cemetery. Row C. Grave 8				Read Archive Report
2121	Burnett	David Mark Tyndall	Pilot Officer		J85238	23rd February 1923 in Eastland, Saskatchewan	Canadian	Pilot		RCAF	Bomber Command	692 Sqn	1944-05-12	Mosquito	IV	DZ638	3P:?	Graveley	02:12	Kiel	Hit by 1, 4 & 5/Marine Flak Abt 274 and 1 & 2/Marine Flak Abt 254 and Crashed on the mud flats off Kaiser-Wilhelm-Koog at 04:09 (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Runnymede Memorial Panel 249		Paradie Archive Database		The report by Flt Lt Mackenzie 21 Section No4 MREU dated 17 June 1946 is available upon request. Son of William David and Christina (née Tyndall) Burnett of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada
2122	Burnett	Alan James	Flying Officer		134527			Navigator	DFC	RAFVR	Bomber Command	109 Sqn	1944-07-01	Mosquito	XVI	ML931	HS:?	Little Staughton	23:20	Scholven-Buer	Hit by cannon fire from a night fighter and, later, crash-landed at 02:25 at Woodbridge airfield, Suffolk. Probable claim Oblt. Hans-Joachim Fincke from 2./NJG1 over the sea 60 km west of Den Haag at 4.900 m at 01:38 hrs. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (12 May 1944 - 23 July 1944) Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	Survived					DFC awarded to Act. Flt.Lt. wilst with 109 Sqn., gazetted 15th September 1944
2123	Burnett	T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75 Sqd RNZAF	1944-10-06	Lancaster	I	LM104	AA-Z	Mepal	1646	Dortmund		PoW
2124	Burnett	Thomas Alfred	Pilot Officer		421069		Australia			RAAF		90 Sqd RAF	1944-06-11												RAAF Honour Roll
2125	Burns	Alfred John	Flight Sergeant		424711	18 June 1922 in Mascot, NSW, Australia	Australian	Air Gunner		RAAF	Bomber Command	77 Sqn	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	MZ715	KN:Z	Full Sutton	23:26	Sterkrade	Probable claim by Hptm Adolf Breves Stab IV./NJG1 - near Rhenen (JM 14): 4,000m at 01:50. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten). Debris was scattered between Ochten (Gelderland) and Dodewaard, two small villages on the North bank of the Waal 18km NW of Nijmegen. The aircraft exploded in the air, throwing WO Owen clear. He spent some time in hospital.	Killed	Dodewaard General Cemetery Joint Grave 316.				The bodies of four crew members were discovered close to the wreckage. The four crew members who perished were buried by the Germans with military honours at the cemetery in Uden on 20 June 1944. Two crew members - Air Gunners Flt Sgt Burns and Flt Sgt Tiernan were found under the wreckage a few days later. Transport difficulties prevented their burial in Uden and instead they were buried here in Dodewaard at the Municipal Cemetery on June 24, 1944 Son of Arthur James Burns and Emily Adelaide Burns, of Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia
2126	Burns	R J	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	427 Sqd RCAF	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	LV821	ZL-N	Leeming	2115	Braunschweig	Crashed in North Sea	Killed	Runnymede		Paradie Archive Database
2127	Burns	J C	Flight Lieutenant		J15830		Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	431 (Iroquois) Sqn, RCAF	1944-06-16	Halifax	III	MZ537	SE:H	Croft	23:14	Sterkrade	Shot down by Nightfighter - Lt. Kristopher of 3/NJG-7 at Tiel, Holland at 01:20. The Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 3 - Theo Boiten has a claim by Lt Ludiger Krimphove 3/NJG7 - Tiel: 5,800m at 01:20. Crashed at Puiflijk (Gelderland) about 3 km SW of the small town of Druten, S of the Waal and 19 km WNW of Nijmegen	PoW No. 5067, Stalag Luft 1			Paradie Archive Database		Paradie Archive MZ537
2128	Burns	G J	Sergeant								Bomber Command	44 Sqd	1944-06-09	Lancaster	I	NN697	KM-R	Dunholme Lodge	2203	Etampes	Crashed at Morigny-Champigny	Killed	Morigny-Champigny Communal Cemetery
2129	Burns	J W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	640 Sqd	1944-06-27	Halifax	III	LW502	C8-Y	Leconfield	1142	Mimoyecques	Crashed on take off
2130	Burns	Norman John	Warrant Officer		422019		Australia			RAAF		5 Communication Unit Garbutt	1944-11-06												RAAF Honour Roll
2131	Burns	Alfred John	Flight Sergeant		424711		Australia			RAAF		77 Sqd RAF	1944-06-17												RAAF Honour Roll
2132	Burns	Dean R	1st Lt		O-674032		USA	Pilot		USAAF	370th Fighter Group	402nd Fighter Squadron	1944-06-23	P-38 Lightning							1 Luftwaffe destroyed						Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2133	Burns	Robert G	1st Lt		O-821662		USA	Pilot		USAAF	373rd Fighter Group	411th Fighter Squadron	1944-12-26	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed						Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2134	Burns	William H	Captain		O-740141		USA	Pilot		USAAF	55th Fighter Group	338th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-12	P-51 Mustang							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed						Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2135	Burns	Frank Lee	Sergeant	Sergeant	19043025		American	Tail Turret Gunner		US Army Air Force	15th Air Force	456th Bombardment Group (H), 746th Bombardment Squadron (H)	1944-06-26	B-24	H	41-28638	Not allocated	Stornara airfield, Italy		Moosbierbaum, Lower Austria	See Archive report for details	PoW, Unknown camp				Read Archive Report
2136	Burnside	H	Warrant Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	7 Sqd	1944-06-10	Lancaster	III	NE129	NG-G	Oakington	2300	Dreux	Crashed target area	Killed	Dreux Communal Cemetery
2137	Burnside	J K	Flight Sergeant						DFM		Bomber Command	61 Sqd	1944-08-12	Lancaster	I	ME596	QR-H	Skellingthorpe	2126	Russelheim		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
2138	Burnside	Harold	Warrant Officer		417293		Australia			RAAF		Attached 7 Sqd RAF	1944-06-11												RAAF Honour Roll
2139	Burr	R	Sergeant		1332887			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1943-09-06	Lancaster	I	ED392	PH-D2	RAF Wickenby, Lincolnshire	1956	Munchen	See Archive report for further details	Survived	None - survived the war				Read Archive Report
2140	Burrows	Ronald George Stanley	Flying Officer		401898		Australia			RAAF		Ferry Command RCAF	1942-12-06												RAAF Honour Roll
2141	Burston	Herbert	Leading Aircraftman		25171		Australia			RAAF		1 Sqd RAAF	1944-09-12												RAAF Honour Roll
2142	Burt	H A	Flight Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1944-08-13	Lancaster	III	PB247	PH-U	Wickenburg	2117	Braunschweig		Killed	Hannover War Cemetery		Paradie Archive Database		Kenneth Moore advised correct dat of loss (June 2017)
2143	Burt	C S	Leading Aircraftman								Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1940-06-08	Battle	I			Souge	1140	Battle area	Shot down near Abbeville.	Killed	Abbeville
2144	Burt	William C.	Staff Sergeant		17088513	1922	American	Ball Turret		US Army Air Force	8th Air Force	532nd Bomber Squadron (381st Bombardment Group (H))	1944-08-06	B-17 Under Ground Farmer	G	44-6020	VE:A	Ridgewell (Station #167), Essex, England		Brandenburg, Germany	See Archive report for details	PoW, Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania, Prussia now Poland				Archive Report
2145	Burt	Harold R	2nd Lt		O-817889		USA	Pilot		USAAF	359th Fighter Group	369th Fighter Squadron	1944-09-12	P-51 Mustang							1 Luftwaffe destroyed						Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2146	Burton	L P	Flight Sergeant							RAAF	Bomber Command	106 Sqd	1944-12-04	Lancaster	III	PB281	ZN-J	Metheringham	1630	Heilbronn		PoW
2147	Burton	F J	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12 OTU	1944-04-24	Wellington	III	B542		Chipping Norton		Diversion		Killed	Runnymede
2148	Burton	R G	Sergeant								Bomber Command	12 Sqd	1942-06-18	Wellington		W5381	PH-			Air Test	Flew into hillside at Rothwell Top NE of Market Rasen LINCS	Injured
2149	Burton	Herbert C	1st Lt		O-659798		USA	Pilot		USAAF	359th Fighter Group	369th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-20	P-51 Mustang							0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed						Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
2150	Burtt	Robert Petchell	Flight Lieutenant		21249			Pilot		RAF	Bomber Command	50 Sqd	1944-01-28	Lancaster	III	LM428	VN-O	Skellingthorpe	24	Berlin	Possible claim by Hptm Werner Hoffmann Stab I/NJG5 - near Molchow North of Neuruppin (DF 8): 5,800m at 03:12. Crashed Steinberg where the crew were initially buried. (Nachtjagd War Diaries, Vol 1 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 9 Row Z Collective Grave 24-28				Investigating officers from the RCAF visited the village of Steinberg 40 miles NW of Berlin. They were told by the villagers that a large British aircraft had crashed four to five hundred yards west of the villa and that the crew had been buried in a communal grave in the local cemetery. It was believed that the aircraft had been shot by night fighters. The grave was exhumed but unhappily Sgt. Taylor the Flight Engineer and the Bomb Aimer Fg.Off. Daynes of the crew were the only ones who could be individually identified. (Extract from letter to Mrs Presland by Wg.Cdr. Gunn RCAF Causalities Officer dated 23 March 1950)