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Sgt Hubert Burnham

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Sgt Hubert Burnham

Birth
Death
8 Feb 1943 (aged 18–19)
Richibucto, Kent County, New Brunswick, Canada
Burial
Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada Add to Map
Memorial ID
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"Royal Australian Airforce"

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.
"Royal Australian Airforce"

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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  • Maintained by: MP
  • Originally Created by: Summer
  • Added: Jul 26, 2011
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73997749/hubert-burnham: accessed ), memorial page for Sgt Hubert Burnham (1924–8 Feb 1943), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73997749, citing Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada; Maintained by MP (contributor 49073234).