Book of Remembrance - Volume  I

 

Flying Officer George Franklin Burden

Royal Canadian Air Force

Son of Edward E. and Myrtle M. Burden, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada , age 22, died on 03 May 1945. He was based in Germany and was killed on a mission against the Hamburg-Elmshom main Line.

The following entry is from 439's War Operations Record Book (Form 541): Blue section found another train just west of Pinneberg. A dive on this was met by a hail of light flak from the train. J/88715 F/O George Burden flying as Blue Two received a direct hit and his aircraft burst into flames. He crashed on the northern outskirts of the village of Esingen.

Following entry is from The Canadian Virtual War Memorial website  courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

J/88715 F/O G.F. Burden is buried at RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL, United Kingdom Grave Reference: Panel 278.

 

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