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BURT, Horace

Aircraft Information
Aircraft
Serial Number
Markings
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Stone Cemetery, Dartford
Grave Reference Grave 4838..
Epitaph IN MEMORY A CONSTANT THOUGHT IN HEART A SILENT TEAR
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 1
Panel Number 15
Enlistment information
Service Number 281307
Service Royal Air Force
Group 5
Squadron 5 Grp
Trade Ground Staff
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-11--0001
End Date 30-11--0001
Takeoff Station Scampton
Day/Night raid
Operation
Reason for Loss Killed in an collision between a lorry and a coach on the junction of Cliff Road and Prebend Lane, Welton, near Lincoln. Six others were seriously injured including one critically. (Lincolnshire Echo, 29 May 1942). The lorry went up a bank and overturned while at least some of the airmen were sitting on the tailgate of the lorry. The coroner recorded a virdict of death by misadventure.