Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Memorial – Pilot Officer Burton McLauchlin is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Pilot Officer Burton McLauchlin 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

Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of BURTON MCLAUCHLIN – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Photo of BURTON MCLAUCHLIN – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the St. Catharines Standard c.1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Group photo – Seated L to R F/Sgt Burton McLaughlin RCAF, F/O Evelyn George William Bowers, Pilot Officer Wilfred James Fingland RCAF Standing: Sergeant Guy Raymond Stott, Warrant Officer William John Carrier RAAF, Sergeant Leslie Thompson, Sergeant Alan Ambrose Michael Langridge Submitted for the project: Operation Picture Me

Cemetery – Photo and excerpt of story from Airwar Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com and used with permission of Soren Flensted. Lancaster I ME650 of 630 (RAF) Sqn. took off from East Kirkby at 19:58 on a raid to Königsberg. On the return flight ME650 was attacked by a night fighter and at 04:15 hours it crashed in a field at Sønder Grene near Skarrild. The bodies of the crew were taken by horse drawn carriage to a grave prepared in the Skarrild churchyard cemetery and placed in two coffins for burial. Vicar Henrik Ingerslev officiated at the graveside ceremony. The Germans allowed the 40-50 attending Danes to sing one hymn. Before the end of the day the grave was covered with flowers. The crew were: P/O (BA) B. McLauchlin of St. Catharines and P/O (N) W. J. Fingland of Toronto; also WO W. J. Carrier RAAF; F/L E. G. W. Bowers RAF; and RAF Sgts. A. A. M. Langridge, G. R. Stott, and L. Thompson.

Photo of Burton McLauchlin – Photo courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com

Cemetery – Each year on the evening of 5/5 on the day of the liberation of Denmark a ceremony is held at Skarrild Cemetery in honour of the flyers. Photo of memorial after the 2005 ceremony courtesy of www.flensted.eu.com