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Citation(s);
Military service
Service number:
J/17115
Age:
25
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
617 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Death:
May 17, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
23. B. 3.
Additional information
Son of Lewis Arthur and Lilian Agnes Burpee, of Ottawa, Ontario. Husband of Lillian Emily Burpee, of Ottawa, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Lewis Johnstone Burpee
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Newspaper Clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Squadron Badge
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Memorial
Pilot Officer LEWIS JOHNSTONE BURPEE is one of eight men, all serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force, who were killed in the Second World War and who are commemorated on this plaque in Knox Presbyterian Church in Ottawa, Ontario. -
Photo of LEWIS JOHNSTONE BURPEE
F/Sgt Lewis Burpee (3rd from right) and crew. Photo taken at RAF Syerston on 18th January 1943 after an op to Berlin in 106 Squadron Lancaster W4842. -
Group photo
P/O Lewis Burpee far left when with Squadron 106 and before promotion. -
Photo of Lewis Burpee
Lewis Burpee at Rideau cottage after receiving wings 1940. -
Group Photo
Lewis Burpee far right at No. 9 SFTS at RCAF Station Summerside 1940 -
Group Photo
Lewis Burpee third-right. RAF Sqd 106 1942 -
Group Photo
Lewis Burpee third-right. RAF Sqd 106 1942 -
Reverse side of Photo
Lewis Burpee description of crew. RAF Sqd 106 1942. Hand written by Lewis Burpee on back of original. -
Group Photo
P/O Leonard George Weller (Wireless Operator) No 106 Squadron 1943 with Lewis Burpee (right). -
Photo of Lewis Burpee
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Post Card
Postcard of approved logo sent to Mrs. Lillian Burpee -
Photo of Lewis Burpee
Lewis Burpee D.F.M., B.A. graduate 1940 Queens University. -
Newspaper Clipping
The Ottawa Evening Jounal. Vol LVIII - No. 134. Ottawa, Monday, May 17 1943 - 20 pages. "Great Ruhr Dams Samshed" and "Lewis Burpee Wins D.F.M. After 32 trips" -
Letter
Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC DSO (bar) DFC (bar) - his letter written to Mrs. Lewis Burpee (Lillian) three days after the Dambuster Raid explaining that her husband P/O L.J. Burpee had crashed. -
Letter
Chaplain S/L H.F. Davidson letter to Lewis Burpee's parents. In this letter he described their son being lost and their daughter-in-law (Lillian) as being in a certain condition. For clarity this condition was preganancy (with her to-be-born son whom she later named Lewis Burpee. -
Letter
Ministry of Estate release letter of P/O Burpee's personal effects. -
Letter
Page 1 of a personal censored letter written by Lillian Burpee (wife of P/O Lewis Burpee). The letter was dated a few weeks before the formation of the top-secret Dambuster squadron "X" formation. Lewis Burpee was one of three pilots initially selected and personally hand-picked by Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC DSO (bar) DFC (bar), RAF. -
Letter
Page 2 of a personal censored letter written by Lillian Burpee (wife of P/O Lewis Burpee). The letter was dated a few weeks before the formation of the top-secret Dambuster squadron "X" formation. Lewis Burpee was one of three pilots initailly selected and personally hand-picked by Wing Commander Guy Penrose Gibson VC DSO (bar) DFC (bar), RAF. -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Lewis Johnstone Burpee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Lewis Johnstone Burpee is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Banner commemorating Lew Burpee at Lisgar Collegiate Institute where he went to high school. Banner will go up prior to each Remembrance Day and come down a week later. Designed by Dave O'Malley.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Lewis Johnstone Burpee
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Lewis Johnstone Burpee
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Lewis Johnstone Burpee
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Lewis Johnstone Burpee
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Lewis Johnstone Burpee
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Lewis Johnstone Burpee
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Lewis Johnstone Burpee
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Lewis Johnstone Burpee
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Lewis Johnstone Burpee
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 142 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY Netherlands
BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY is located 39 Km north west of Antwerp and 19 Km after passing the Border into the Netherlands. The N11 connects Antwerp to Bergen op Zoom via Kapellen, Pulte, Hoogerheide and finally on to Bergen op Zoom.
On reaching Bergen op Zoom railway station, turn right onto the Bredastraat. Follow this road for 500 M where it becomes Wouwsestraatweg and carry straight on for 2.5 km. The street name has now changed to the Ruytershoveweg and the war cemetery can be found on the left 200 M further than the Canadian cemetery.
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