Burke, Joseph Y.
Personal Information
Rank | W/O |
Forename(s) | Joseph Y. |
Surname | Burke |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 18-03-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Henry and Johanna Clara Burke, of Strand, Ryde, Isle of Wight. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | de Havilland Mosquito IV |
Serial Number | DZ647 |
Markings | P3-B |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hanover War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 6. E. 15. |
Epitaph |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 138 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1281933 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 8 |
Squadron | 692 (Fellowship of the Bellows) |
Trade | Navigator |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Adjacent to former Main Entrance, Graveley, Cambridgeshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone Inscribed Slate Tablet |
Memorial Text | A memorial to 692 Sqn and 35 Sqn which flew from RAF Graveley during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/577/35 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/2216/3 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 18-03-1944 |
End Date | 19-03-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Graveley |
Day/Night Raid | Night (37% moon) |
Operation | Frankfurt. 846 aircraft, 22 losses (2.6%). The German controller split the fighters- half went to the diversionary raid at Heligoland and the others met the Frankfurt bomber stream, although cloud preventing them making much of an impact. PFF marking was accurate leading to heavy bombing in central, eastern and western districts. Later bombing was scattered, but this was normal for such a large force due to creepback and also the fact that inexperienced bomber crews were placed at the back of the stream. Lots of cultural buildings were destroyed along with around 5500 houses, 99 industrial premises and 56 public buildings. 421 civilians killed and 55500 bombed out |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed in the vicinity of the target |