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Roy Victor Burch

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Roy Victor Burch

March 24, 1944

Military Service

Service Number:

J/85620

Age:

28

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

578 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Lancelot Cyril and Amy Matilda Burch, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 262 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Germany

Grave Reference:

5. B. 29.

Location:

The BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY is in the district of Charlottenburg, 8 kilometres west of the city centre, on the south side of the Heerstrasse. From Theodor Heuss Platz in the district of Charlottenburg near the exhibition hall complex and next to the Olympic stadium, follow signs for Spandau, proceeding along the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery lies on the Heerstrasse on the left hand side of the road and 3 kilometres from Theodor Heuss Platz. Visitors should drive beyond the BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY to the traffic lights, then turn left directly onto a small one way street running parallel to the Heerstrasse. The Cemetery entrance is on this small one way road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Roy Victor Burch is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Roy Victor Burch is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Pilot Officer Roy Victor Burch is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Pilot Officer Roy Victor Burch 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

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of ROY VICTOR BURCH– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of ROY VICTOR BURCH – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker– Roy was based at Burn near Selby North Yorkshire England. Roy flew the Halifax B MK III Bomber and was among 15 crews who attacked Berlin on the 24/09/1944. His and two other Halifax's were lost that evening with a total of 18 men lost. From January 1944 Roy had taken part in the following raids: Berlin x 4,the Bosch factory in Stuttgart x 2 Frankfurt x 2, and 1 each on Magdeburg and Leipzig. Dave Morris Tadcaster England

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – Roy was based at Burn near Selby North Yorkshire England. Roy flew the Halifax B MK III Bomber and was among 15 crews who attacked Berlin on the 24/09/1944. His and two other Halifax's were lost that evening with a total of 18 men lost. From January 1944 Roy had taken part in the following raids: Berlin x 4,the Bosch factory in Stuttgart x 2 Frankfurt x 2, and 1 each on Magdeburg and Leipzig. Dave Morris Tadcaster England

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