Burns, Gerald Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Gerald Charles |
Surname | Burns |
Gender | M |
Age | 23 |
Decorations | MiD |
Date of Death | 23-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Gerald Patrick and Sarah Albina Burns, of Outremont, Province of Quebec, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LV990 |
Markings | BM-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Germany |
Burial/Memorial Place | Reichswald Forest War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 1. C. 8. |
Epitaph | REST IN PEACE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 139 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/16496 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 433 (Porcupine) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/8 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1862/7 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-04-1944 |
End Date | 23-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Skipton on Swale |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Düsseldorf. 596 aircraft, 29 losses (4.9%). 2150 tones of bombs were dropped, causing considerable damage, mainly to the northern districts. 56 large industrial premises were hit, of which 7 were destroyed. More than 2000 homes were destroyed, 883 people killed and 593 injured, although these figures were compiled before all the missing had been dug out. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by flak and crashed close to the water tower in Merzenich, 4 km east of Dueren, Germany |