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Franz Burger

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Franz Burger Veteran

Birth
Feld am See, Villach-Land Bezirk, Carinthia, Austria
Death
5 Jul 1940 (aged 22)
Burial
Hawkinge, Shepway District, Kent, England GPS-Latitude: 51.117437, Longitude: 1.155857
Plot
German War Graves O-1-9
Memorial ID
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Luftwaffe. 5th July 1940.
8/KG1.
Heinkel He111H ( ). Sortie against shipping in the Channel. Damaged by RAF Spitfires of 65 Squadron and ditched off The Warren, near Folkestone, Kent, 6.00am. Uffz. Rudolf Marchlowitz (Bf) killed (Dated 18.07.40, buried at Hawkinge Cemetery, O-1-11 as unknown). Gefr. Franz Burger (Bm) killed. Gefr. Franz Martinek (Bs) killed (Dated 12.07.40). Oberfw. Hermann Frischmuth (FF) and Uffz. Gottfried Wagner (B) captured. Aircraft V4+GS lost.
Luftwaffe. 5th July 1940.
8/KG1.
Heinkel He111H ( ). Sortie against shipping in the Channel. Damaged by RAF Spitfires of 65 Squadron and ditched off The Warren, near Folkestone, Kent, 6.00am. Uffz. Rudolf Marchlowitz (Bf) killed (Dated 18.07.40, buried at Hawkinge Cemetery, O-1-11 as unknown). Gefr. Franz Burger (Bm) killed. Gefr. Franz Martinek (Bs) killed (Dated 12.07.40). Oberfw. Hermann Frischmuth (FF) and Uffz. Gottfried Wagner (B) captured. Aircraft V4+GS lost.

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  • Maintained by: Steve Rob
  • Originally Created by: Sheilia W.
  • Added: Jul 22, 2010
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55323795/franz-burger: accessed ), memorial page for Franz Burger (26 Jan 1918–5 Jul 1940), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55323795, citing Hawkinge Cemetery and Crematorium, Hawkinge, Shepway District, Kent, England; Maintained by Steve Rob (contributor 50310108).