mirror
Item
Title
mirror
Description
small astronomical mirror in brown leather case listed in Davd Burkes personal effects written on side of leather case: Cpl D.W. Burke R 52276, reverse of mirror also has Burkes initials and serial number
Identifier
009.142.020
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.
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