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John Alan Burkitt

In memory of:

Flight Lieutenant John Alan Burkitt

April 26, 1945

Military Service

Service Number:

J/6712

Age:

26

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

58 (R.A.F.) Sqdn.

Additional Information

Son of Frederick and Ethel Burkitt, of Brandon, Manitoba.

Commemorated on Page 500 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MANDAL CHURCHYARD
Norway

Grave Reference:

B. I. 1.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of John Alan Burkitt– John Burkitt in the Hebrides, 1945

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    Photo of John Alan Burkitt
    Photo of John Alan Burkitt – John Burkitt in the Hebrides, 1945
  • Group Photo– Caption on back of photo: back row from left - Bagnell, Henderson, Jim Larkin, Stubbs; front row from left - John Liddell, Les Holden, Jack Burkitt, Tom Robson

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    Group Photo
    Group Photo – Caption on back of photo: back row from left - Bagnell, Henderson, Jim Larkin, Stubbs; front row from left - John Liddell, Les Holden, Jack Burkitt, Tom Robson
  • Grave Marker– With permission from http://home.no.net/thsord/ Aircraft Crash Research in Southern Norway, by Thomas Sordalen Halifax JP330 #58 Sqdn was on an anti-shipping, anti-submarine mission out of Stornoway on April 25, 1945. The bomber is believed to have been attacked by german fighters in the Skagerrak, and lost without a trace. Details received from F/Lt. Holden's son, Paul Holden. RCAF Crew were: Bur. Churchyard at Mandal, Norway F/L (P) Ernest Leslie Holden age 22 F/L (2ndP) John Alan Burkitt age 26 Commemorasted n Runnymede Memorial to the Missing: F/L (N) Thomas Claude Robson age 26 F/O (AG) James Meyrick Larkin age 30 F/O (AG) ohn Raymond Liddell age 20 F/Sgt. (AG) Alan Francis Juby age 19 F/Sgt. (BA) Kenneth George William Henderson age 19

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    Grave Marker
    Grave Marker – With permission from http://home.no.net/thsord/ Aircraft Crash Research in Southern Norway, by Thomas Sordalen Halifax JP330 #58 Sqdn was on an anti-shipping, anti-submarine mission out of Stornoway on April 25, 1945. The bomber is believed to have been attacked by german fighters in the Skagerrak, and lost without a trace. Details received from F/Lt. Holden's son, Paul Holden. RCAF Crew were: Bur. Churchyard at Mandal, Norway F/L (P) Ernest Leslie Holden age 22 F/L (2ndP) John Alan Burkitt age 26 Commemorasted n Runnymede Memorial to the Missing: F/L (N) Thomas Claude Robson age 26 F/O (AG) James Meyrick Larkin age 30 F/O (AG) ohn Raymond Liddell age 20 F/Sgt. (AG) Alan Francis Juby age 19 F/Sgt. (BA) Kenneth George William Henderson age 19
  • Churchyard Mandal Church, Norway

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    Churchyard Mandal Church, Norway
    Churchyard Mandal Church, Norway

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