The story
Name: G F BURNS
Rank: Warrant Officer
Official number: 12554433
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RAFVR
Squadron: 753 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Condor, Arbroath
Date of death: 1945-07-27
Aircraft: Barracuda DR 314
Place of death: North-West of RNAS Arbroath
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY - Angus, Scotland
Commemoration details: Compartment D, North Border, Grave 34
Family details: Son of Robert George and Lilian May Burns of Dagenham, Essex
Rank: Warrant Officer
Official number: 12554433
Role: Pilot
Service/attached: RAFVR
Squadron: 753 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Condor, Arbroath
Date of death: 1945-07-27
Aircraft: Barracuda DR 314
Place of death: North-West of RNAS Arbroath
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: ARBROATH WESTERN CEMETERY - Angus, Scotland
Commemoration details: Compartment D, North Border, Grave 34
Family details: Son of Robert George and Lilian May Burns of Dagenham, Essex
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