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Dennis Cecil Burman

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Cecil Richard and Nellie Burman, of Invercargill, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Flying a Spitfire from Tangmere, he was attacking a rail convoy of tanks when he was shot down by anti-aircraft fire. He baled out and landed, injured, in the village of Roeux, where he was shot on the spot by an SS Officer.

[For Your Tomorrow, Errol Martyn, Vol 2, Page 263]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
404889
Name:
Dennis Cecil Burman
Rank: 
Warrant Officer
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Air Force, RAF 74 Sqdrn.

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed on air operations
Date of Death:
16 August 1944
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
23
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Royal New Zealand Air Force

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Biache-St. Vaast Communal Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
Grave 3.
Cemetery Location: 
France
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