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Flight Sergeant Alburn Frederick Birkbeck

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Flight Sergeant Alburn Frederick Birkbeck Veteran

Birth
Welwyn, Melville Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada
Death
26 May 1943 (aged 27)
Burgervlotbrug, Schagen Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Burial
Bergen, Bergen Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Add to Map
Plot
Plot 2. Row E. Grave 26.
Memorial ID
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Military Service
Service Number: R/102142
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 467 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn

Flight Sergeant / Air Gunner.

Alburn was the mid upper gunner of the British Lancaster bomber ED695 that, on a raid to Düsseldorf, Germany, was shot down by a night fighter at Burgervlotbrug village, NW-Netherlands, killing 2 of the 7 crew members (information provided by Peter Hakze, Find a Grave ID 47703868).

He is also remembered on a family monument at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Moosomin, Saskatchewan.
Military Service
Service Number: R/102142
Force: Air Force
Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 467 (R.A.A.F.) Sqdn

Flight Sergeant / Air Gunner.

Alburn was the mid upper gunner of the British Lancaster bomber ED695 that, on a raid to Düsseldorf, Germany, was shot down by a night fighter at Burgervlotbrug village, NW-Netherlands, killing 2 of the 7 crew members (information provided by Peter Hakze, Find a Grave ID 47703868).

He is also remembered on a family monument at Sunset Memorial Gardens in Moosomin, Saskatchewan.


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