Burne, Peter Harold (Flying Officer)
Killed in Action 1945-February-22
Birth Date: 1924
Born:
Parents: Son of Harold Edgar and Doris Rose Burne of St. Catharines, Ontario.
Spouse: Husband of Carol Burne.
Home: St Catharines, Ontario
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RCAF
Unit
487 Sqn- Squadron (RNZAF)
Ki Te Mutunga Through to the end
Base
RAF Thorney Island
Rank
Flying Officer
Position
Pilot
Service Numbers
J/88797
Prev: R/117254
St Catharines, Ontario
Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Library and Archives Canada Service Files (may not exist)
Mission
Mosquito FB.Mk VI HP933
Combat Bremen Germany 1945-February-22 to 1945-February-22
487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF) B.87/Rosières-en-Santerre, France
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Mosquito aircraft HP 933 took off from Resiers, France for a day intruder mission over NW Germany. Mosquito was hit by Eisenbahnflak and exploded in mid-air N-NE of Bremen. The navigator, Flight Lieutenant A.J. Vickers, was also killed.Mosquito HP933 FB.Mk VI - Combat Bremen Germany - 1945-02-22 to 1945-02-22
Squadron: 487 (B) Sqn (RNZAF)
Start Date: 1945-02-22
Completion Date: 1945-02-22
Mission: Combat
Operation: unspecified
Target City: Bremen Germany
Target Specific: Day intruder mission
Base: B.87/Rosières-en-Santerre, France
Take Off Time: 11:00
Squadron Code: EG N
Radio Code:
Return Base:
Return Time:
Crash City: Bremen, Germany
Crash Specifics: Hüttenbusch near Worpswede, 21km north-north-east of Bremen
Crash Latitude: 0.00000000
Crash Longitude: 0.00000000
Crash Reason: flak
Flak Battery: Eisenbahnflak
Enemy Claim:
War Diary Unavailable
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Mosquito aircraft HP 933 took off from Resiers, France for a day intruder mission over NW Germany. Mosquito was hit by Eisenbahnflak and exploded in mid-air N-NE of Bremen. The navigator, Flight Lieutenant A.J. Vickers, was also killed.
6 Group Unavailable
487 New Zealand Squadron (Ki Te Mutunga). Mosquito aircraft HP 933 took off from Resiers, France for a day intruder mission over NW Germany. Mosquito was hit by Eisenbahnflak and exploded in mid-air N-NE of Bremen. The navigator, Flight Lieutenant A.J. Vickers, was also killed.
