Burt, Charles Sydney
Personal Information
Rank | LAC |
Forename(s) | Charles Sydney |
Surname | Burt |
Gender | M |
Age | 20 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-06-1940 |
Next of Kin | Son of John Thomas Burt and Harriet Harding Burt. Foster-Son of Mrs. G. S. Curtis, of Bush Hill Park, Enfield, Middlesex. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Fairey Battle I |
Serial Number | L5546 |
Markings | PH-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Abbeville Communal Cemetery extension |
Grave Reference | Plot 8. Row A. Joint grave 5-6. |
Epitaph | THEIR GLORIES, O'ER THE WRONGS OF TIME, GREATLY TRIUMPHANT, LIVE (From The 28th Ode of the First Book of Horace) |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 139 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 542020 |
Service | Royal Air Force |
Group | AASF |
Squadron | 12 |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Wickenby Airfield, Wickenby, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Memorial with Sculpture of Icarus & Information Board |
Memorial Text | Royal Air Force Wickenby No1 Group Bomber Command 1942-1945 In memory of one thousand and eighty men of 12 & 626 Squadrons who gave their lives on operations from this airfieldin the offensive against Germany and the liberation of occupied Europe Per ardu |
Miscellaneous Information
A propeller blade from the aircraft now forms part of a local memorial to the crew |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-06-1940 |
End Date | 08-06-1940 |
Takeoff Station | Sougé, France |
Day/Night Raid | Day |
Operation | Attack tanks and infantry |
Reason for Loss | Hit by ground fire and partially abandoned, crashing on the rue de Bettembos, Lamaronde |