The story
Name: H BURNS
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vindex
Date of death: 1944-03-19
Aircraft: Swordfish
Place of death: At sea, Atlantic Ocean, 49 degrees 0' N; 27 degrees 49' W
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 5
Family details: Adopted Son of Hugh and Margaret E Burns of Wallasey, Cheshire
Rank: Temp Sub-Lieutenant (A)
Official number: -
Role: Observer
Service/attached: RNVR
Squadron: 825 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Vindex
Date of death: 1944-03-19
Aircraft: Swordfish
Place of death: At sea, Atlantic Ocean, 49 degrees 0' N; 27 degrees 49' W
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 5, Panel 5
Family details: Adopted Son of Hugh and Margaret E Burns of Wallasey, Cheshire
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