The story
Name: D H BURKE
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 817 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Victorious
Date of death: 1942-02-23
Aircraft: Albacore I T 9211
Place of death: At sea, off Shetlands
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Mr and Mrs H F D Burke; husband of Elizabeth Burke
Rank: Lieutenant
Official number: -
Role: Observer under training
Service/attached: RN
Squadron: 817 Squadron
Ship/station: H.M.S. Victorious
Date of death: 1942-02-23
Aircraft: Albacore I T 9211
Place of death: At sea, off Shetlands
Circumstances: M.P.K.
Buried/commemorated: LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL - Hampshire
Commemoration details: Bay 3, Panel 1
Family details: Son of Mr and Mrs H F D Burke; husband of Elizabeth Burke
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