The story
Name: F J BURTON
Rank: Leading Air Fitter (A)
Official number: FX 86180
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 782 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1943-02-15
Aircraft: Sparrow/Harrow K 6946
Place of death: Near Wick
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 4
Family details: Son of Frederick George and Florence Burton of Chadwell Heath, Essex
Rank: Leading Air Fitter (A)
Official number: FX 86180
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 782 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Sparrowhawk, Hatson
Date of death: 1943-02-15
Aircraft: Sparrow/Harrow K 6946
Place of death: Near Wick
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 4, Panel 4
Family details: Son of Frederick George and Florence Burton of Chadwell Heath, Essex
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You have arrived at just one small part of Back to Normandy — a personal project dedicated to preserving stories, images, music and memories of the Second World War.
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