Burrow, Lionel Frederick Walter
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Lionel Frederick Walter |
Surname | Burrow |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 09-08-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Charles William and Gladys Lillian May Burrow, of North Bondi, New South Wales, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | MZ368 |
Markings | HD-X |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | la Boissiere St. Martin Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | |
Epitaph | FAR FROM HIS LOVED ONES IN AUSTRALIA. EVER REMEMBERED |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 139 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 421636 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 466 (Australian) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | Memorial Gardens, North End Park, Driffield, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Marble Memorial |
Memorial Text | A memorial to the men and women of 462 and 466 Sqns RAAF who served in Bomber Command during WW2 |
Miscellaneous Information
Of the five surviving crew, two evaded capture and three became PoW |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1926/16 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/1926/15 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 09-08-1944 |
End Date | 09-08-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Driffield |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Coquereaux- to attack a flying bomb site. Part of a 172 aircraft force to attack 7 V-bomb launch sites. Visibility was good and the raids were successful. |
Reason for Loss | Hit by flak and crashed at la Boissiere St. Martin, NNW of Aumale, France |