Acourt, Burleigh Charles
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Burleigh Charles |
Surname | Acourt |
Gender | M |
Age | |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 29-06-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Henry Charles Acourt, (born Glamorgan 1895), and Gladys Priscilla Acourt (née Williams, 1897-1981), of Gilfach Goch. Brother of Mary Priscilla Acourt and Vernon J Acourt. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ679 |
Markings | MP-C |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Lesges Churchyard |
Grave Reference | Grave 5. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 121 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 649091 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 76 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Behind old Main Guardroom, former Holme On Spalding Moor Airfield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Pillar with inscribed Metal Plaques |
Memorial Text | In Remembrance of the aircrew members from the UK,Australia,New Zealand,Canada and Norway,who gave their lives in the cause of freedom in operational sorties against the enemy from 76 Sqn 1941-1945 and to the ground personal who lost their lives by enemy |
Location | All Saints Church, Holme On Spalding Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stained Glass Window and Roll of Honour within Wooden Box with inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | S G Window In memory of 76 Sqn R.A.F / Roll of honour In memory of those members of 76 Sqn R.A.F who were killed on active service 1939-1954 |
Location | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Gardens, Propeller, Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In everlasting homage to the courage of those who have found their winged victory through the skies of Yorkshire |
Location | Yorkshire Air Museum, Elvington, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Propeller Unit & Inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | They made the supreme sacrifice so that you & I may go in peace with freedom. 4 Group 1939 - 1945. |
Location | Heslington Hall, York, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | Heslington Hall 1941 - 1945, 4 Gp Headquarters Bomber Command. In remembrance of those Air & Ground personnel who made the supreme sacrifice that we all may walk in peace with freedom |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/652/12 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/652/11 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 28-06-1944 |
End Date | 29-06-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Holme-on-Spalding-Moor |
Day/Night Raid | Night (53% moon) |
Operation | Blainville- to attack railway yards. Part of a 230 strong bomber force to attack railway installations at both Blainville and Metz. Both targets were hit but 20 aircraft were Lost (8.7%) |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed at Lesges, SSW of Braine, France |