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Name: W H BURTON
Rank: Air Mechanic (A) 1st Class
Official number: FX 75443
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1941-07-30
Aircraft: Backburn Roc L 3152
Place of death: off Kincraig, near Elie Ness, Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 24
Family details: Son of William Henry and Martha Burton, of Ripley, Derbyshire
Rank: Air Mechanic (A) 1st Class
Official number: FX 75443
Role: -
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 771 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Jackdaw, Crail
Date of death: 1941-07-30
Aircraft: Backburn Roc L 3152
Place of death: off Kincraig, near Elie Ness, Fife, Scotland
Circumstances: KILLED
Buried/commemorated: CRAIL CEMETERY - Fifeshire, Scotland
Commemoration details: Section G, Grave 24
Family details: Son of William Henry and Martha Burton, of Ripley, Derbyshire
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