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Pilot Officer MELVIN JOHN (MEL) BURNS

Service Number: J/95235
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Air Force

415 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1945

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY

8. F. 19.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of John Joseph and Florence Marian Burns, of Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription "MEL" LOVED IN LIFE, IN DEATH THE SAME. MAY GOD REST HIS SOUL
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Buried or commemorated at

BERLIN 1939-1945 WAR CEMETERY
Berlin Germany
Number of casualties: 3864
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