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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	Referring Database	Notes	Links/Archive Reports
4651	Burnell	A W A	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	97Sqn (Straits Settlements)	1944-07-20	Lancaster	III	PA979	OF-R	Coningsby	2319	Courtrai		Killed	Runnymede
4652	Burnell	Noel George	Flying Officer		409289		Australia			RAAF		23Sqn RAAF	1944-02-24											RAAF Honour Roll
4653	Burnell	Brian Dudley	Flying Officer		415757		Australia			RAAF		460Sqn RAAF	1944-03-26											RAAF Honour Roll
4654	Burnell	Charles John	Flight Lieutenant		131997				DFC			37Sqn 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.		37Sqn Bombing Leader
4655	Burnes	Robert G	1st Lt		O-805709		USA	Pilot		USAAF	366th Fighter Group	390th Fighter Squadron	1944-06-12	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
4656	Burnet	R	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	207Sqn	1944-01-30	Lancaster	III	EE173	EM-K	Spilsby	1718	Berlin	Abandoned in target area	PoW
4657	Burnett	T A	Pilot Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	90Sqn	1944-06-10	Lancaster	III	NE177	WP-H	Tuddenham	2322	Dreux	Crashed at Grandvilliers {Eure}	Killed	Dreux Communal Cemetery
4658	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.
4659	Burnett	Walter McGregor Halliday	Flight Sergeant		1550824			Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	44 Sqn	1944-08-26	Lancaster	III	NE138	KM:Z	RAF Dunholme Lodge	20:24	Gardening	See archive report for full details	MiA	Runnymede Memorial. Panel 216			Read Archive Report
4660	Burnett	William Alexander	Sergeant		1062774			W/Op/Air/Gnr		RAFVR	Bomber Command	90Sqn	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
4661	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
4662	Burnett	Eric George	Sergeant		1218402	1922		Wireless Operator/Air Gunner		RAFVR	Bomber Command	100 Sqn	1943-10-18	Lancaster	III	DV159	HW:J	Grimsby	17:49	Hannover	Claimed by Fw. Günther Bahr, his 4th Abschuss from 3./NJG6, near Brüntorf, 5km NNW of Lemgo at 20:43 hrs. The claim was officially anerkannt on the 28th July 1944. He was piloting Bf110 G-4 2Z+LL, on his 43rd sortie and was accompanied by his Funker Uffz. Rehmer and Bordschütze Ogefr. Gabbert. (Nachtjagd Combat Archive (23 September - 31 December) 1943 Part 3 - Theo Boiten)	Killed	Hanover War Cemetery Coll.grave 2.A.5-11		This was the 13th Mission together as a crew and the 14th for Pilot Son of George Alfred and Dorothy Burnett, of Liverpool
4663	Burnett	P	Sergeant								Bomber Command	100Sqn	1944-07-17	Lancaster	III	LM634	HW-H	Grimsby	356	Sannerville	Crashed and exploded on take off
4664	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
4665	Burnett	W H	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-03-30	Lancaster	III	ND798	AS-C	Kirmington	2202	Nurnberg	Crashed Griesenbach	Killed	Rheinberg War Cemetery
4666	Burnett	Frederick Frank Harry	Pilot Officer		178642		British	Flight Engineer		RAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-08-25	Lancaster	III	ND852	MG-D	RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire	2059	Russelsheim	See archive report for further details	PoW Stalag Luft Sagan			Awarded DFC whilst with 7 Squadron. Gazetted 2 January 1945. Courtesy John Jones - May 2023)	Archive Report on the loss of this aircraft
4667	Burnett	T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	75Sqn RNZAF	1944-10-06	Lancaster	I	LM104	AA-Z	Mepal	1646	Dortmund		PoW
4668	Burnett	Thomas Alfred	Pilot Officer		421069		Australia			RAAF		90Sqn RAF	1944-06-11											RAAF Honour Roll
4669	Burnette	Hubert Ray	Staff Sergeant	Sergeant	15066343	3rd October 1920 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	American	Waist Gunner		USAAF 15th Air Force	US Army Air Force	449th Bombardment Group (H), 716th Bombardment Squadron (H), 47th Bombardment Wing	1944-03-01	B-24	J	44-41218	71	Grottaglie Field, southern Italy		Moosbierbaum oil refinery, (Mission #216), Austria	See Archive Report for details	Murdered	Repatriated to the Johnny Haddix Cemetery, Haddix County			Archive Report
4670	Burnham	R C	Sergeant								Bomber Command	44Sqn	1944-07-07	Lancaster	I	ME634	KM-P	Dunholme Lodge	2245	St-Leu	Abandoned & crashed at St-Germer-de-Fly {Oise}	Evader
4671	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
4672	Burns	E R	Sergeant							RCAF	Bomber Command	102Sqn (Ceylon)	1944-02-25	Halifax	II	LW331	DY-D	Pocklington	2012	Training	Crashed off Bridlington	Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database
4673	Burns	Jack C	Flight Sergeant					W/Op/Air/Gnr		RCAF	Bomber Command	405Sqn RCAF	1944-11-02	Lancaster	III	PB413	LQ-K	RAF Gransden Lodge, Cambridgeshire	1707	Dusseldorf	See archive report for further information	Safe	None - survived the war	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report
4674	Burns	W C	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	408Sqn RCAF	1944-06-12	Lancaster	II	DS726	EQ-Y	Linton on Ouse	2159	Cambrai	Crashed at Seranvillers-Forenville {Nord}	PoW		Paradie Archive Database	Attacker
4675	Burns	John Daniel	Warrant Officer Class 2		R/129859		Canadian	Navigator		RCAF	Bomber Command	424Sqn RCAF	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	LV997	QB-E	Skipton on Swale	2220	Hamburg	Shot down by a night fighter of 8./NJG 1. Crashed at Wesselburener	PoW - Interned at Stalag Luft L7 Bankau near Kreuzburg, Upper Silesia		Accident Report	Later commissioned as a Pilot Officer with S/N J/87722	Paradie RCAF Database
4676	Burns	R J	Flying Officer							RCAF	Bomber Command	427Sqn RCAF	1944-08-12	Halifax	III	LV821	ZL-N	Leeming	2115	Braunschweig	Crashed in North Sea	Killed	Runnymede	Paradie Archive Database
4677	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
4678	Burns	G C	Flying Officer						MiD	RCAF	Bomber Command	433Sqn RCAF	1944-04-22	Halifax	III	LV990	BM-J	Skipton on Swale	2308	Dusseldorf		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery	Paradie Archive Database
4679	Burns	William Stirling	Flying Officer Air Bomber		J/22423					RCAF	Bomber Command	61Sqn	1944-09-23	Lancaster	I	ME732	QR-P	RAF Skellingthorpe, Lincolnshire	1846	Ladbergen	Crashed at Hoffkampweg, Almelo, Holland	Killed	Almelo General Cemetery. Grave 6	Paradie Archive Database	Read Archive Report Attacker
4680	Burns	D	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	106Sqn	1944-04-26	Lancaster	III	ND853	ZN-J	Metheringham	2137	Schweinfurt	Crashed target area	PoW
4681	Burns	J R	Flying Officer								Bomber Command	156Sqn	1944-11-02	Lancaster	III	PB486	GT-	Upwood	1655	Dusseldorf	Crashed on take off
4682	Burns	R E T	Sergeant								Bomber Command	166Sqn	1944-07-10	Lancaster	I	PD239	AS-Z	Kirmington	1155	Emmerich		Killed	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
4683	Burns	G J	Sergeant								Bomber Command	44Sqn	1944-06-09	Lancaster	I	NN697	KM-R	Dunholme Lodge	2203	Etampes	Crashed at Morigny-Champigny	Killed	Morigny-Champigny Communal Cemetery
4684	Burns	Sydney George	Flight Sergeant		429919		Australian	Bomb Aimer		RAAF	Bomber Command	463 Sqn RAAF	1944-09-24	Lancaster	III	DV171	JO:Y	Waddington	17:36	Calais	The aircraft was hit by flak setting the Port inner engine on fire. The propeller could not be feathered and the pilot ordered the crew to bail out. The aircraft crashed at La Risquette late in the evening of the 24th September 1944. It fell in flames in the middle of a mine field. The bodies of Plt Off Jones, Flt Sgt. Smith and Sgt. Whitefield were never recovered.	PoW			He was the first to bail out at about 1000 ft, followed by Flt Sgt. Michelmore and Sgt. Fletcher. Flt Sgt. Burns was captured by the Germans. Held in custody with Flt Sgt. Michelmore and Sgt. Fletcher from the morning of the 25th until the 30th September when the Germans who were holding him surrendered to Canadian forces.
4685	Burns	D R	Flight Sergeant								Bomber Command	514Sqn	1944-11-09	Lancaster	II	DS787	JI-G2	Waterbeach	1611	Kamen	Crashed at Lerche	PoW
4686	Burns	J W	Sergeant								Bomber Command	640Sqn	1944-06-27	Halifax	III	LW502	C8-Y	Leconfield	1142	Mimoyecques	Crashed on take off
4687	Burns	K W L	Pilot Officer								Bomber Command	78Sqn	1944-07-28	Halifax	III	MZ340	EY-X	Breighton	1604	Foret-de-Nieppe	Crashed at Ramskapelle {West-Vlaanderen}	PoW
4688	Burns	W D	Sergeant								Bomber Command	90Sqn	1944-04-10	Stirling	III	EH947	XY-S	Tuddenham	2043	SOE	Crashed Icklingham
4689	Burns	W D	Sergeant								Bomber Command	90Sqn	1944-04-28	Stirling	III	EE974	WP-M	Tuddenham	2126	SOE	Crashed on return at Stradishall
4690	Burns	Norman John	Warrant Officer		422019		Australia			RAAF		5 Communication Unit Garbutt	1944-11-06											RAAF Honour Roll
4691	Burns	Huia Nelson	Flight Sergeant		425093		Australia			RAAF		620Sqn RAF	1944-04-13											RAAF Honour Roll
4692	Burns	Alfred John	Flight Sergeant		424711		Australia			RAAF		77Sqn RAF	1944-06-17											RAAF Honour Roll
4693	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)
4694	Burns	Gilbert C Jr	2nd Lt		O-824407		USA	Pilot		USAAF	50th Fighter Group	313th Fighter Squadron	1944-10-03	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
4695	Burns	Robert G	2nd Lt		O-821662		USA	Pilot		USAAF	373rd Fighter Group	411th Fighter Squadron	1944-08-15	P-47 Thunderbolt							1 Luftwaffe destroyed				Source: afhra.maxwell.af.mil ETO (European Theatre)
4696	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)
4697	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)
4698	Burns	Frank Lee	Sergeant	Sergeant	19043025		American	Tail Turret Gunner		USAAF	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
4699	Burnside	H	Warrant Officer							RAAF	Bomber Command	7Sqn	1944-06-10	Lancaster	III	NE129	NG-G	Oakington	2300	Dreux	Crashed target area	Killed	Dreux Communal Cemetery
4700	Burnside	H C	Sergeant								Bomber Command	218Sqn	1944-08-11	Lancaster	I	PD374	HA-C	Methwold	825	Homberg		Killed	Runnymede