sewing kit
Item
Title
sewing kit
Description
RCAF issued "housewife" sewing kit, kakhi green in colour includes buttons, shoulder badges and sewing needles in a canvas pouch inside flap stamped S.S. Holden Ltd. 1939, Ottawa and Hull
Identifier
009.142.015
Format
Provenance
Pilot Officer David Warnock Burke from Hamilton, ON was killed in action on March 31, 1944 age 25 and was part of 640 Squadron. Halifax aircraft #LW 500 was shot down by a German flak ship off Dieppe, France during a mission over Nuremburg Germany. Six RAF members of the crew were also killed. This was P/O Burke's fourth operation and his was one of 108 allied aircraft lost that night.
Abstract
Excellent
Date Created
1939