sweetheart jewelry
Item
Title
sweetheart jewelry
Description
RCAF sweetheart necklace clear perspex with RCAF initials engraved on front with gold chain also included is small RCAF insignia pin, possibly meant to be attached to front
Identifier
009.142.017
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