Burchell, Robert Lloyd (Sergeant)

Killed in Flying Accident 1943-April-09

Sergeant Robert Lloyd Burchell RCAF

Birth Date: 1923-August-10

Born:

Parents: Son of Joseph Robert Burchell, and of Annabel Burchell, of Vancouver, British Columbia.

Spouse:

Home: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

111 OTU- Operational Training Unit (RAF)

Base

RAF Nassau, Bahamas

Rank

Sergeant

Position

Air Gunner

Service Numbers

R/124720

Memorial Location
Google MapOttawa War Memorial
Panel 2 Column 5
111 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit, Nassau, Bahamas, Mitchell II aircraft FR 379 failed to return from an exercise over the sea off New Providence, Bahamas Sergeant RL Burchell (RCAF) missing, believed killed and commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial. Please see Waton, AB for complete casualty list. Addendum: Sergeant Burchell was from Glace Bay, Nova Scotia not Vancouver, British Columbia. Detail provided by DA Stallard, Trenton, Nova Scotia.
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