Percy William Burr
Service number
1582165
Military unit
227 Sqdn Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
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Date of birth
22 Nov 1915
Date of death
11 Nov 1944 (28 years old)
Place of birth
Birkenhead, Cheshire (Merseyside since 1974)
Employment, education or hobbies
Member of the Pharmaceutical Society
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Family history
He was the son of Percy William and Margaret Ann Burr of 'Lyndhurst', 93, Harlaxton Drive, Lenton, Nottingham.
Military history
Becklingen War Cemetery Coll grave 27 E 3-7
Lancaster I PB643 was shot down by fighter returning from bombing an oil installation at Harburg near Hamburg. It crashed at Nieder Ochtenhausen. There were no survivors:
Burr (Fight Engineer)+
George William Bell, Douglas Leurensa Hann, Terence Dudley Hooper, Lawrence Melion Inman, Thomas Andrew Johnson and Thomas Reginald White.
Initially interred at Nieder Bremervorde his body was later moved to Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.
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