Burn, Robert Horace
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Robert Horace |
Surname | Burn |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 03-08-1943 |
Next of Kin | Son of Robert James Burn & Annie Margaret Burn (née Prosser), of Old Church Lane, Stanmore, Middx. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Avro Lancaster III |
Serial Number | JA873 |
Markings | QR-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Runnymede Memorial |
Grave Reference | Panel 144. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 15 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1388532 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 5 |
Squadron | 61 |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Miscellaneous Information
Born 1923, Southwark |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/578/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/578/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-08-1943 |
End Date | 03-08-1943 |
Takeoff Station | Syerston |
Day/Night Raid | Night (3% moon) |
Operation | Hamburg |
Reason for Loss | A night fighter claim by Fw. Ernst Schafer 2/JG Hermann, wild boar, at 02.10hrs & Flak claim by 2./schw.Flak Abt.336, 2./schw.Flak Abt.601(0) & Pers. Battr.(Grossbattr. Hahnofersand) & 1. & 4./schw. Flak Abt.336(v) (Grossbattr. Billwarder insel) crashing near Amelinghausen, Kreis Luneberg at 02.10hrs. A/C crashed at Wohlenbuttel, a hamlet between Soderstorf & Oldendorf on property belonging to Herr Friedrich Meyer. |