Pilot Sgt. Hubert Burnham was one of three RAAF airmen killed in a plane crash near Richibucto on Feb, 8, 1943.
Pilot Sgt. Hubert Burnham was only 19 years old when he died. He was the pilot of a Ventura bomber flying on a training mission on the morning of Feb.8,1943. They were flying out of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, when the plane went down in an explosive crash in a boggy area approximately four miles northeast of Richibucto.
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Three Commonwealth airmen perished in his accident; they were-
RAAF Sergeant Hubert John BURNHAM,
RAAF Sergeant Philip Llewellyn EDMOND and
RNZAF Sergeant John Edward HOGAN.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 420135
Date of Death: 08/02/1943
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Division: 34 Operational Training RCAF [Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick]
Son of Albert George and Doris May Burnham of Worthing, Sussex, England. Bio by SJ Hearn 46864594.
Pilot Sgt. Hubert Burnham was one of three RAAF airmen killed in a plane crash near Richibucto on Feb, 8, 1943.
Pilot Sgt. Hubert Burnham was only 19 years old when he died. He was the pilot of a Ventura bomber flying on a training mission on the morning of Feb.8,1943. They were flying out of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, when the plane went down in an explosive crash in a boggy area approximately four miles northeast of Richibucto.
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Three Commonwealth airmen perished in his accident; they were-
RAAF Sergeant Hubert John BURNHAM,
RAAF Sergeant Philip Llewellyn EDMOND and
RNZAF Sergeant John Edward HOGAN.
Military Service-
Rank: Sergeant
Service No: 420135
Date of Death: 08/02/1943
Age: 19
Regiment/Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Division: 34 Operational Training RCAF [Pennfield Ridge, New Brunswick]
Son of Albert George and Doris May Burnham of Worthing, Sussex, England. Bio by SJ Hearn 46864594.
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