Anthony Fisher (Tony) Burcher
born 15.3.1922 North Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
next of kin Margaret Burcher
enlisted RAAF 11.12.1940 Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
to Canada 22.2.1941
Sergeant 1.9.1941
to England 15.9.1941
106 Squadron 1941-42
Sergeant
award DFM (20.4.1943) (27 ops)
Pilot Officer 14.11.1942
617 Squadron March 1943
air gunner
Lancaster ED925
Op.Chastise (Mohne Dam)
hit by flak and crashed 0034 hours 17.5.1943 Ostonnen, Germany
POW (Stalag Luft III)
Flying Officer 14.9.1943
Flight Lt 14.11.1944
repatriated 14.5.1945
returned to Australia 23.1.1946
transferred ro RAF 1952
205 Squadron 1952 (Korea) 1955 (Borneo)
209 Squadron 1955 (Malaya)
married (ex WAAF) and residing Cambridge postwar
