Tuscon, Arizona, USA
88 Hong Kong Squadron (En Garde) RAF Attlebridge, Blenheim IV aircraft V 6380 RH-G was shot down in the sea during a bombing operation against a convoy in the Noordzee, off the coast of Blankenberghe, Belgium.
Pilot Officer RM Burlinson (RCAF)(USA) and Sergeant MA Stratton (RAFVR) were killed and are buried in cemeteries in the Netherlands. Pilot Officer BE Hislop (RAAF) missing, presumed killed and commemorated on the Runnymede War Memorial.
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Burlinson, Robert Melville (Pilot Officer)
Killed in Action 1941-September-18
Birth Date: 1918
Born:
Parents: Son of Maurice A. and Margaret Burlinson, of Tucson, Arizona, United States.
Spouse:
Home: Tuscon, Arizona, USA
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
88 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
En Garde Be on you guard
Base
RAF Attlebridge
Rank
Pilot Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/5076
Canadian Virtual War MemorialCrew or Other Personnel
Blenheim V6380
Blenheim serial: V6380
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3602838)
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).
Bristol 142M Blenheim Mk.V, RAF (Serial No. DJ702).
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