Royce Reginald Burton                    Updated:  05 NOV 2012

Airman: a050034.htm Surname: Burton Init: R R Rank: Wt/O Service: RAF Sqdn: 166

P_link: p205.htm Plane: WEL HE578 Operation: Minelaying Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d030843 Buried_d: b111111 C_link: c050.htm At_Next: Lemvig

  WEL HE578 må være styrtet i Nordsøen den 3. august 1943.

"Efter at have udlagt miner i Elbens munding (her) kom et Wellington fly i vanskeligheder under
returflyvningen den 3. august 1943. Kl. 02.03 hørte man for sidste gang fra flyets radiotelegrafist.
Flyet må være styrtet i havet. Hele besætningen omkom.

Flyets pilot, R. R. Burton, blev muligvis begravet i september 1943 i Lemvig."  (FAF)
Warrant Officer (Pilot) Royce Reginald Burton var fra United Kingdom. (Kilde: CWGC)

1 flyver fra WEL HE578 blev begravet i Frederikshavn og 1 i Lemvig.
3 flyvere fra WEL HE578 har ingen kendt grav. 5 flyvere.

WEL HE578 must have crashed into the North Sea on 3 August 1943.

"After a minelaying operation in the Elbe estuary (here) a Wellington had difficulty on the return flight
on 3 August 1943. At 02.03 the last signal was heard from the Wireless Operator. The plane must
have crashed into the sea. All of the crew perished.

Pilot R. R. Burton was possibly buried in Lemvig in September 1943." (FAF)
Warrant Officer (Pilot) Royce Reginald Burton was from the United Kingdom. (Source: CWGC)

1 airman from WEL HE578 was buried in Frederikshavn and 1 i Lemvig.
3 airmen from WEL HE578 have no known grave.

See Bomber Command No. 166 Squadron and 166 Squadron RAF-Lincolnshire.info.
This Wellington took off from RAF Kirmington.  5 airmen.