Flight Sergeant 439540 Burton, RAAF, was the son of Albert and Helen Burton, of Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia.
He died on 9th April 1945, on board a 630 Squadron Lancaster Bomber which had taken off from East Kirby to bomb an oil refining facility. Homebound the aircraft was diverted due to poor weather and crashed at Foxton 3-miles NW of Market Harborough, Leicesteshire. He was 25.
He died on 9th April 1945, on board a 630 Squadron Lancaster Bomber which had taken off from East Kirby to bomb an oil refining facility. Homebound the aircraft was diverted due to poor weather and crashed at Foxton 3-miles NW of Market Harborough, Leicesteshire. He was 25.
Flight Sergeant 439540 Burton, RAAF, was the son of Albert and Helen Burton, of Bondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia.
He died on 9th April 1945, on board a 630 Squadron Lancaster Bomber which had taken off from East Kirby to bomb an oil refining facility. Homebound the aircraft was diverted due to poor weather and crashed at Foxton 3-miles NW of Market Harborough, Leicesteshire. He was 25.
He died on 9th April 1945, on board a 630 Squadron Lancaster Bomber which had taken off from East Kirby to bomb an oil refining facility. Homebound the aircraft was diverted due to poor weather and crashed at Foxton 3-miles NW of Market Harborough, Leicesteshire. He was 25.
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