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Flight Sergeant Walter Matthew Burton was serving
as an Air Gunner on board
Halifax
Mk.BIII
LV-952 coded
MH-F for
an
operation
to Hanover on
January 5/6
1945. The aircraft departed from Snaith at 1647hrs but
was reported to crash at
Leinhausen
a short time later. Six of the crew, including F/Sgt Burton
lost their lives, they are
buried
at the
Hannover War Cemetery.
The rest of the crew were:
|
Name |
Service |
Hometown |
Age |
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S/L L.J White - POW |
RAF |
- |
- |
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Sgt Arthur Rickeard |
RAFVR |
Worthing, Sussex |
20 |
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P/O Roy Jones |
RAFVR |
- |
- |
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F/Sgt Tom Jenkins |
RAFVR |
Brixton, London |
31 |
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F/O Leonard Marston |
RAFVR |
South Benfleet, Essex |
22 |
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F/Sgt Douglas Watts |
RAFVR |
Radford, Notts. |
25 |
Flight Sergeant
Walter Matthew Burton RAF was the son of Charles
and
Lily Burton of Horbury,
Yorkshire.
He was one of
five brothers and
one sister. He was the husband of Irene of Crigglestone,
Wakefield,
Yorkshire and father of Susan and Derek.
Walter and Irene Burton on their Wedding day Derek and Susan, children of Walter Burton Grave Site in Hannover War Cemetery Hannover War Cemetary Shortly After the War Walter 3rd from left, front row. Walter front row, 2nd from left Walter in front of 419 Sqn Wellington
Walter and Irene Burton on their Wedding day
Prior to enlisting,
Walter made
tennis rackets at the nearby Slazenger factory in Horbury,
Yorkshire.
Sergeant D.
Thomsett was the only survivor
of the crash and became
a
POW,
in the post war years he
remained friends with Walter’s wife till she passed away in 1992.
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