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# | Name* | First Names | Title | Rank | RAF Equivalent Rank | Service No. | Born | Nationality | Role | Awards | Air Force | Command | Unit | DateofIncident *See Note | Aircraft | Type | Serial | Code | Victories (Fighters) | Base | Time | Mission | Incident | Fate | Commemorated | Photo (Click to Expand) | Referring Database | Notes | Links/Archive Reports |
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4551 | Bunting | Ira J | 1st Lt | O-732146 | USA | Pilot | USAAF | 354th Fighter Group | 353rd Fighter Squadron: Cobras![]() | 1944-09-26 | P-47 Thunderbolt | 0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed | Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) | ||||||||||||||||
4552 | Bur | Thomas G | F / O | T00061576 | USA | Pilot | USAAF | 359th Fighter Group | 369th Fighter Squadron![]() | 1944-09-18 | P-51 Mustang | 0.5 Luftwaffe destroyed | Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) | ||||||||||||||||
4553 | Burbee | Russell Field | Technical Sergeant | Sergeant | 11078766 | American | Radio Operator | USAAF | 8th Air Force | 446th Bombardment Group (H), 707th Bombardment Squadron (H) | 1944-07-11 | B-24 Dissipated Duck | H | 42-94994 | JU:J | Bungay (Station #125), Suffolk, England | Munich (Mission #466), Germany | See Archive report for details | PoW Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow, Pomerania | Archive Report | |||||||||
4554 | Burbridge | Cyril Henry | Flight Lieutenant | 103001 | Pilot | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 692 Sqn ![]() | 1944-08-25 | Mosquito | XVI | MM140 | P3:? | Graveley | 21:55 | Berlin | The crew experienced problems after takeoff, with the undercarriage and after getting rid of their 4000 lb bomb, crashed landed at 23:50 at Woodbridge airfield in Suffolk. | Survived | Gransden Lodge corrected to Graveley by Roy Montrowe 07/2004 | ||||||||||
4555 | Burch | Roy Victor | Pilot Officer | J/85620 | Age 28 | Canada | Air Gunner | RCAF | Bomber Command | 578Sqn ![]() | 1944-03-24 | Halifax | III | LW472 | LK-H | RAF Burn, North Yorkshire | 1851 | Berlin | See archive report for further details | Killed | Berlin War Cemetery Grave 5.B. 29 | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | Read Archive Report | |||||
4556 | Burch | G J | Flying Officer | Bomber Command | 582Sqn![]() | 1944-09-21 | Lancaster | III | PB512 | 6O- | Little Staughton | 1042 | Training | Crashed near North Weald | Killed | ||||||||||||||
4557 | Burch | W | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 76Sqn![]() | 1944-06-07 | Halifax | III | MZ732 | MP-D | Holme on Spalding Moor | 1910 | Croixdalle | Overshot Carnaby Yorkshire on return | |||||||||||||||
4558 | Burch | A P | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 77Sqn![]() | 1944-02-19 | Halifax | V | LL239 | KN-A | Elvington | 2332 | Leipzig | Crashed near Magdeburg | PoW | ||||||||||||||
4559 | Burcham | A J | Pilot Officer | Bomber Command | 15Sqn ![]() | 1944-01-28 | Lancaster | I | ED610 | LS-C | Mildenhall | .0010. | Berlin | Killed | Runnymede | ![]() | |||||||||||||
4560 | Burchell | E J | Pilot Officer | RCAF | Bomber Command | 101Sqn![]() | 1944-04-10 | Lancaster | III | DV288 | SR-Q | Ludford Magna | 2320 | Aulnoye | Evader | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||||||
4561 | Burchell | J | Sergeant | Navigator | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 608 Sqn![]() | 1944-10-10 | Mosquito | XXV | KB404 | 6T:T | Downham Market | 18:12 | Koln | Port engine failed at 100 feet and exercising considerable skill, Fg.Off. Smith force landed at 18:14 in a field just beyond the airfield. | Uninjured | ||||||||||||
4562 | Burcher | G M | Pilot Officer | RAAF | Bomber Command | 10Sqn![]() | 1944-04-27 | Halifax | III | LV863 | ZA-O | Melbourne | 105 | Aulnoye | Crashed on take off | ||||||||||||||
4563 | Burchett | Arthur R 'Bill' | Flight Lieutenant | Pilot | AFC![]() | RAF | Bomber Command | 51Sqn![]() | 1943-12-20 | Halifax | II | HR948 | MH-W | Snaith | 1659 | Frankfurt | Crashed near Raunheim | Killed | Durnbach War Cemetery | ![]() | Participated in the famous Hamburg ‘firestorm’ raids prior to making the supreme sacrifice on a raid to Frankfurt in December 1943, when his magnificent bravery allowed three of his crew to bale out. AFC Citation London Gazette 1.1.1944. The immediate award recommendation states: ‘On the night of 30 August 1943, this Officer was Captain of an aircraft which attacked a target at Munchen-Gladbach. On the return flight, while in the neighbourhood of Ossington at about 4000 feet, Flying Officer Burchett’s aircraft was involved in a collision with a Lancaster. Both port propellors were badly damaged, the port fin and rudder knocked off, one propellor of the Lancaster cutting through the top of the fuselage, the flaps rendered unserviceable and the tail turret damaged. The port outer engine was feathered but the port inner engine continued to give some thrust. All three motors were therefore opened up fully and it was found that control could be maintained with full aileron and rudder flying at 180 miles per hour, though losing height. At any less speed the aircraft became uncontrolllable. It was decided to make an emergency landing at Ossington and an approach was made at 185 I.A.S. with wheels down but without flap. In spite of the fact that the aircraft swung uncontrollably as soon as the motors were cut out, and that the runway was only 1400 yards long, the aircraft was successfully landed without further damage. In performing this feat Flying Officer Burchett showed superb skill and courage.’ ![]() Damage to Halifax Commenced his operational tour with 51Sqn with a sortie to Aachen on the night of 13-14 July 1943. Between then and his death in action in December of the same year, he acted as Captain of Aircraft on 19 missions, the raid on Hamburg on the night of 27-28 July being among the more notable - his aircraft’s entry in the Squadron’s Operational Record Book describes the whole target area as a ‘mass of flames ... the glow from the fires could be seen for close on 200 miles on the way back.’ Burchett and his crew would return there two nights later, and again on the night of 3-4 August, the latter strike marking the end of a concerted effort that resulted in the famous ‘firestorm’ that caused over 40,000 casualties. Later that month, on a trip to Berlin on the night of 23rd-24th, his Halifax was badly shot up by an enemy night fighter, an incident once more described in the Squadron’s Operational Record Book: ‘Just as the target was approached, an enemy night fighter attacked a Halifax on the starboard side. This Halifax took evasive action and the enemy then turned on our own aircraft. Enemy opened fire at 300 yards, and was replied to by both Gunners, who fired about 200 rounds each. During the attack the Flight Engineer and Rear-Gunner were wounded, and the aircraft sustained damage to the tailplane, rear turret and mainplane, and intercom which became unserviceable. Regardless of this, our Halifax threw off the attacker, who was not seen again, and then went on to bomb the target. The Flight Engineer and Rear-Gunner have been recommended for immediate Distinguished Flying Medals as a result of their devotion to duty in carrying on though wounded.’ It was shortly after this engagement - and an uneventful sortie flown to Nuremburg on the night of 27-28 August - that Burchett won his immediate AFC. The period September to November witnessed raids on Cannes, Frankfurt, Kassel (twice), Mannheim, Munich and Hannover (thrice). Tragically, however, Burchett’s luck ran out in December, on a raid to Frankfurt on the night of the 20th, an incident best described by fellow crew member, Flight Sergeant Brookes: ‘About 30 miles from the target I looked out of the astro dome and I saw another Halifax on the port side above, too close for comfort. I told the skipper and he said “Thanks, Ted,” and moved our aircraft to starboard. Just after this there was an explosion on the starboard side. It sounded like glass bottles bursting and a handful of gravel being thrown on the wing. Arthur called out “Flak” and then checked with each one of us in turn to see that we had not been hit. Then the starboard outer engine burst into flames. We stopped the engine and operated the fire extinguisher button but this had no effect. Then we were hit in the bomb bay and this caught fire, so we jettisoned the bomb load. The Wireless Operator and I were trying to put out the fire when Arthur told Pilot Officer Widdowson [who was a passenger that night] to go because he was in the way. I cannot understand why he did not survive since he went out long before we did. By this time we were coned by the searchlights and there was no way we could continue. The skipper ordered “Abandon” and I was left standing by his side, helping him as best I could. Then he pointed to the port outer engine which had also caught fire and said “Get out, Ted.” The Navigator later said he didn’t know how I made it because we were already at 500 feet when he left. Arthur must have known that when he let go of the control column he wouldn’t have had time to make it to the escape hatch, but he sat there as calmly as if he was driving a bus down the main road. He made the supreme sacrifice for his crew. I wonder how many times this happened over Germany? As I left [to bale out] I looked down towards the rear and I remember seeing red, woolly balls of fire bouncing around inside the fuselage ... as I left the aircraft I could see a long, long trail of fire behind it, like a comet ...’ Mr. and Mrs. Burchett attended an Investiture at Buckingham Palace on 20 February 1945, the former receiving from the King his late son’s AFC It would not be until September 1947, however, that the Air Ministry were in a position to confirm to his parents his last resting place: ‘The aircraft in which he was flying crashed on the bank of the River Main between Raunheim and Russelsheim at about 7.45 p.m. on 20 December 1943, and the four crew members who lost their lives were buried several days later in the cemetery at Raunheim. Individual identification was unhappily impossible and our Officers in Germany have been instructed to have the graves marked collectively with the service particulars of all four crew members ...’ | ||||||||
4564 | Burden | Dudley Albert | Flying Officer | 144193 | Navigator | DFC![]() | RAFVR | Coastal Command | 248Sqn | 1944-06-10 | Mosquito | FBVI | HR117 | Not known | RAF Portreath | Patrol | See archive report for further details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede War Memorial. Panel 202 | Read Archive Report | |||||||||
4565 | Burden | J W S | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 35Sqn (Madras Presidency) ![]() | 1944-03-15 | Lancaster | III | ND708 | TL-L | Graveley | 1954 | Stuttgart | Crashed Niederschopfheim | Killed | Durnbach War Cemetery | ![]() | ||||||||||||
4566 | Burden | Hugh James | Sergeant | 1581371 | British | Navigator | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 462Sqn RAAF![]() | 1944-11-02 | Halifax | III | LL610 | Z5-U | RAF RAF Driffield, Yorkshire | 16:27 | Dusseldorf | See archive report for further details and photographs | PoW No: 1131 Camp: Stalag Luft Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia | ![]() | |||||||||
4567 | Burden | D | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 619Sqn ![]() | 1944-01-01 | Lancaster | III | LM423 | PG-H | Woodhall Spa | 2343 | Berlin | Abandoned near Kleve | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery | ![]() | ||||||||||||
4568 | Burden | Rex R | 2nd Lt | O-513935 | USA | Pilot | USAAF | 356th Fighter Group | 361st Fighter Squadron: Martlesham Playboys![]() | 1944-11-26 | P-47 Thunderbolt. (P-51 Mustang from Nov 1944) | 1 Luftwaffe destroyed | Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) | ||||||||||||||||
4569 | Burdett | N W E | Pilot Officer | RCAF | Bomber Command | 550Sqn![]() | 1944-04-22 | Lancaster | I | ME581 | BQ-D | North Killingholme | 2243 | Dusseldorf | Crashed near Spa {Liege} | Killed | Heverlee War Cemetery Belgium | ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||
4570 | Burdett | F W | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 12Sqn![]() | 1944-02-19 | Lancaster | III | JB609 | PH-F | Wickenby | 2323 | Leipzig | Crashed at Elspeet {Gelderland} | Killed | Harderwijk General Cemetery | Nachtjagd War Diaries Volume 1 This aircraft was claimed by Ofw Heinz Vinke (11,/NJG1).Elspeet 15 km North West of Apeldoorn at 4,800m. Time 05:34. This would be his 53rd kill. See Kracker Archive on this site. (Additional information from John Jones) | ||||||||||||
4571 | Burdett | John Charles | Sergeant | 1334420 | 1922 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 640 Sqn ![]() | 1944-03-24 | Halifax | III | LW430 | C8-T | Leconfield | 19:06 | Berlin | Claim by Oblt Karl-Heinz Seeler 5./JG302 - 10km South of Juterbog: 5,800m at 22:57. Crashed in a field located in Gerbis, near Jessen. | Killed | Runnymede Memorial Panel 226 | ![]() | Son of John Henry Burdett, and of Mary Jane Burdett, of Laindon, Essex. A member of the crew of Halifax LW430. The remains of five crew members were discovered and reburied in Plot 14, Row K, Grave 8 of Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery in 2005. Unfortunately, it was not possible to identify the individual airmen. The story of the recovery of the aircraft/crew available on request. | |||||||
4572 | Burdick | Clinton D | 2nd Lt | O-715466 | USA | Pilot | USAAF | 356th Fighter Group | 361st Fighter Squadron: Martlesham Playboys![]() | 1944-12-05 | P-47 Thunderbolt. (P-51 Mustang from Nov 1944) | 1 Luftwaffe destroyed | Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) | ||||||||||||||||
4573 | Burdick | Clinton D | 2nd Lt | O-715466 | USA | Pilot | USAAF | 356th Fighter Group | 361st Fighter Squadron: Martlesham Playboys![]() | 1945-01-14 | P-47 Thunderbolt. (P-51 Mustang from Nov 1944) | 2 Luftwaffe destroyed | Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) | ||||||||||||||||
4574 | Burdick | Clinton D | 1st Lt | O-715466 | USA | Pilot | USAAF | 356th Fighter Group | 361st Fighter Squadron: Martlesham Playboys![]() | 1945-02-20 | P-47 Thunderbolt. (P-51 Mustang from Nov 1944) | 2.5 Luftwaffe destroyed | Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre) | ||||||||||||||||
4575 | Burdon | J W S | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 35Sqn (Madras Presidency) ![]() | 1944-01-19 | Halifax | II | HX169 | TL-A | Training | Crash landed near Yelling Hunts | |||||||||||||||||
4576 | Burdsall | G | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 51Sqn![]() | 1944-02-19 | Halifax | III | LW481 | MH-X | Snaith | .0004. | Leipzig | Crashed near Stendal | PoW | ||||||||||||||
4577 | Burford | Lindsay Rutland 'Sam' | Flight Sergeant | AUS/437391 | Air/Gnr | RAAF | Bomber Command | 514Sqn ![]() | 1944-08-12 | Lancaster | I | LM180 | JI-G | RAF Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire | 2144 | Russelheim | See archive report for further details | Evaded - returned to UK in September 1944 | None - survived the war | Archive Report | |||||||||
4578 | Burger | T | Flight Lieutenant | DFC![]() | Bomber Command | 7Sqn![]() | 1944-01-28 | Lancaster | III | JB717 | MG-V | Oakington | 2358 | Berlin | Killed | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery | ![]() | ||||||||||||
4579 | Burges | Norman George Albert | Flight Sergeant | 432109 | Australia | RAAF | 103Sqn RAF![]() | 1944-08-26 | RAAF Honour Roll | ||||||||||||||||||||
4580 | Burgess | N G A | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 103Sqn![]() | 1944-08-25 | Lancaster | III | ND632 | PM- | Elsham Wolds | 2013 | Russelsheim | Crashed at Ford | Killed | Brookwood Military Cemetery | ||||||||||||
4581 | Burgess | T J | Pilot Officer | RAAF | Bomber Command | 207Sqn![]() | 1944-04-20 | Lancaster | III | ND564 | EM-H | Spilsby | 2212 | la Chapelle | Killed | Clichy New Communal Cemetery | |||||||||||||
4582 | Burgess | M R | Flight Sergeant | RAAF | Bomber Command | 50Sqn ![]() | 1944-06-05 | Lancaster | III | ND874 | VN-R | Skellingthorpe | 251 | St-Pierre | Killed | ||||||||||||||
4583 | Burgess | George Frederick | Sergeant | 1624834 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 115 Sqn![]() | 1944-10-06 | Lancaster | I | LL880 | KO:D | RAF Witchford, Cambridgeshire | 16:45 | Dortmund | See Archive report for details | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Grave 8.A.15 | ![]() | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
4584 | Burgess | Alan | Sergeant | 1819813 | Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 622Sqn![]() | 1944-02-11 | Lancaster | I | LL803 | GI-S | RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk | 1125 | Homberg | Shot down by flak - see archive report | Killed | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Collective grave 2.D.8 | ![]() | Read Archive Report | ||||||||
4585 | Burgess | H T B | Flight Sergeant | RCAF | Bomber Command | 207Sqn![]() | 1944-07-07 | Lancaster | III | ND567 | EM-V | Spilsby | 2245 | St-Leu | Crashed at Sancourt {Oise} | Killed | Marissel French National Cemetery | Paradie Archive Database | |||||||||||
4586 | Burgess | R R | Flight Lieutenant | J/7612 | RCAF | Fighter | 406Sqn RCAF![]() | 1944-07-25 | Mosquito | NF30 | MM728 | Ranger | Killed | Riaille Communal Cemetery Loire France | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||||||
4587 | Burgess | C W | Wing Commander | RCAF | Bomber Command | 427Sqn RCAF![]() | 1944-04-10 | Halifax | III | LV883 | ZL-M | Leeming | 2030 | Gent | Abandoned & crashed near Ipswich | Injured | Paradie Archive Database | ||||||||||||
4588 | Burgess | Fred Andrew | Flight Sergeant | J/86794 | Born on the 17th January 1923 Age 21 | Canada | Air Gunner | RCAF | Bomber Command | 432Sqn RCAF![]() | 1944-07-28 | Halifax | VII | NP702 | QO-B | RAF East Moor, North Yorkshire | 2241 | Hamburg | See archive report for full details | Missing - believed killed | Runnymede Memorial. Panel 249 | ![]() ![]() | Paradie Archive Database | Read Archive Report | |||||
4589 | Burgess | J | Flight Sergeant | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 75Sqn RNZAF![]() | 1944-07-20 | Lancaster | I | ME752 | AA-Z | Mepal | 2343 | Homberg | Crashed at Heythuysen {Limburg} | PoW | |||||||||||||
4590 | Burgess | Neil Conway | Flight Sergeant | NZ/4212641 | Age 21 | New Zealand | Navigator | RNZAF | Bomber Command | 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit | 1944-10-18 | Stirling | III | LK488 | QQ-E | RAF Wrattling Common, Cambridgeshire | 2305 | Training | See archive report for further details | Killed | Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery. Sec. H. Row A. Grave 19 | ![]() courtesy courtesy Auckland Cenotaph | Read Archive Report | ||||||
4591 | Burgess | A A | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 102Sqn (Ceylon)![]() | 1944-01-28 | Halifax | II | JD165 | DY-S | Pocklington | .0016. | Berlin | Ditched in North Sea | Injured | ||||||||||||||
4592 | Burgess | R F | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 158Sqn![]() | 1944-07-17 | Halifax | III | MZ286 | NP-X | Lissett | 334 | Caen | Crashed in Bridlington Bay | Killed | ||||||||||||||
4593 | 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 | |||||||||||
4594 | Burgess | A G | Flying Officer | Bomber Command | 514Sqn ![]() | 1944-07-24 | Lancaster | III | PB185 | JI-F2 | Waterbeach | 2145 | Stuttgart | Crashed at Trier | Killed | Runnymede | ![]() | ||||||||||||
4595 | Burgess | Fred | Flight Sergeant | 1436225 | Wireless Operator/Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 576 Sqn ![]() | 1944-05-03 | Lancaster | I | ME586 | UL:B2 | Elsham Wolds | 21:38 | Mailly-le-Camp | Enroute to the target the aircraft was shot down at Oeuilly (Marne), 9 km WNW of the town Epernay and on the southern edge of Parc Regional de la Montagne | KiA | Oeuilly Communal Cemetery Grave 3 | ![]() Courtesy of CWGC | Son of George and Annie Burgess, of Thornton, Blackpool, Lancashire, England | ||||||||
4596 | Burgess | Noel Vincent | Sergeant | 1591083 | Air Gunner | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 576 Sqn ![]() | 1944-03-24 | Lancaster | III | LM469 | UL-E2 | Elsham Wolds | 19:00 | Berlin | Shot down. Exploded and crashed at Kohra, 3 km from Naunhof where those who died were initially buried on 28th March 1944 | Killed | Berlin 1939-1945 War Cemetery Plot 1 Row Z Grave 9 | ![]() | |||||||||
4597 | Burgess | John Raymond | Sergeant | 1589723 | 1925 | Flight Engineer | RAFVR | Bomber Command | 619 Sqn ![]() | 1944-05-03 | Lancaster | III | JB134 | PG:G | Dunholme Lodge | 21:47 | Mailly-le-Camp | Claim by Hptm Helmut Bergmann 8/NJG4 - Chateau-Thierry - Conde-en-Brie area, 50-60km South East FF Chamaleon: 3,600m at 00:15. (Nachtjagd Combat Archives 1944 Part 2 - Theo Boiten). Crashed Courboin (Aisne) 10 km SE of Chateau-Thierry. | Killed | Courboin Communal Cemetery Collective Grave | Son of Alfred and Clara Burgess, of Rusholme, Manchester | ||||||||
4598 | Burgess | W J H | Flight Sergeant | Bomber Command | 7Sqn![]() | 1944-06-10 | Lancaster | III | PA964 | MG-K | Oakington | 1507 | Scholven-Buer | PoW | |||||||||||||||
4599 | Burgess | R H | Sergeant | Bomber Command | 97Sqn (Straits Settlements)![]() | 1944-08-16 | Lancaster | III | NE167 | OF-Y | Coningsby | 2121 | Gardening | Killed | |||||||||||||||
4600 | Burgess | Thomas James | Pilot Officer | 409663 | Australia | RAAF | 207Sqn RAF![]() | 1944-04-21 | RAAF Honour Roll |
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