DAMBUSTERS Burgess, Philip Sidney

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Burgess ​

• FORENAME

Philip Sidney ​

• UNIT

617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flying Officer ​

• NUMBER

124881 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

16th May 1943 ​

• AGE

20 ​

• GRAVESITE

Reichswald Forest War Cemetery,Germany 5.C.7 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 1923​

son of Willis and Marie Burgess​

RAF 1941​

31 B&G School 25.5.1942​

Pilot Officer 25.5.1942​

10 OTU 14.7.1942​

19 OTU 17.8.1942​

1661 CU 22.11.1942​

Flying Officer 25.11.1942​

61 Squadron 17.1.1943​

617 Squadron 31.3.1943​

navigator​

Lancaster ED927​

Op.Chastise (Sorpe Dam)​

hit high tension cables and crashed 2350 hours Haldern,Germany ​

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