pins
Item
Title
pins
Description
collection of 20 lapel pins, for various organizations owned by David Burkes sister or mother. These pins are generally to acknowlege women's war work and contributions, including donating blood, during wartime and include names such as War Saver, the Red Cross, C.R.C.S, Y.M.C.A. various sizes and shapes, for example, a cross, a flag, a torch, circle, stored together in grey jewelry box
Identifier
009.142.016
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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.
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