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Military service
Service number:
J/95235
Age:
20
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
415 Sqdn.
Death:
April 10, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
8. F. 19.
Additional information
Son of John Joseph and Florence Marian Burns, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer Melvin John Burns
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Cemetery
Entrance sign to the Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Berlin 1939 - 1945 War Cemetery - May 2015 Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper Clipping
From the Windsor Daily Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Melvin John Burns is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer Melvin John Burns 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
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Melvin John Burns
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Melvin John Burns
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Melvin John Burns
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Melvin John Burns
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Melvin John Burns
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Melvin John Burns
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Melvin John Burns
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Melvin John Burns
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer Melvin John Burns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 500 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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