BURKE, JOSEPH GERALD Flying Sergeant (P) R153147. From Sluice Point, Nova Scotia. Killed in Action Feb 20, 1944 age 20. #427 Lion Squadron (Ferte Manus Certas). Target – Leipzig, Germany. Please see TailIon J.A. for casualty list and flight detail. Flight Sergeant Pilot Burke was buried at Ghode, Germany, exhumed, and reburied in the Berlin War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany.
Note: The entirety of Burke's RCAF records, including correspondence from his father, render his middle name as "Gerald" vice "Gerard". The name is so amended.
Note: The entirety of Burke's RCAF records, including correspondence from his father, render his middle name as "Gerald" vice "Gerard". The name is so amended.
BURKE, JOSEPH GERALD Flying Sergeant (P) R153147. From Sluice Point, Nova Scotia. Killed in Action Feb 20, 1944 age 20. #427 Lion Squadron (Ferte Manus Certas). Target – Leipzig, Germany. Please see TailIon J.A. for casualty list and flight detail. Flight Sergeant Pilot Burke was buried at Ghode, Germany, exhumed, and reburied in the Berlin War Cemetery, Charlottenburg, Germany.
Note: The entirety of Burke's RCAF records, including correspondence from his father, render his middle name as "Gerald" vice "Gerard". The name is so amended.
Note: The entirety of Burke's RCAF records, including correspondence from his father, render his middle name as "Gerald" vice "Gerard". The name is so amended.
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