Roland Henry Burley                                                                        Updated: 04 MAR 2021

Airman: e777485.htm Surname: Burley Init: R H Rank: Sgt Service: RAF Sqdn: 408

P_link: p090.htm Plane: HAM AT227 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: The North Sea

Crash_d: d190742 Buried_d: e777 C_link: e777.htm At_Next: NO KNOWN

Den 19. juli 1942 styrtede HAM AT227 i Nordsøen under et bombeangreb ved Elbens munding (omkring her).

3 flyvere forsvandt i havet. Sgt E.W. Swatton drev ind ved Lild Strand (omkring her). (Kilde: FAF)

Sergeant Roland Henry Burley, 32 år, var søn af Walter James Burley og Beatrice May Burley.
Hans navn er på Panel 79 på the Runnymede Memorial blandt mere end 20.000 navne på flyvere, der ikke har en kendt grav. (Kilde: CWGC)

1 flyver fra HAM AT227 blev begravet i Frederikshavn. 3 flyvere har ingen kendt grav.

4 flyvere.

On 19 July 1942 HAM AT227 crashed into the North Sea on a bombing raid at the estuary of the Elbe (about here).

3 airmen disappeared into the sea. Sgt E.W. Swatton drifted ashore on Lild Strand (about
here). (Source: FAF)

Sergeant Roland Henry Burley, 32, was the son of Walter James Burley and Beatrice May Burley.
He is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial, Panel 79, among more than 20,000 airmen who have no known grave. (Source: CWGC)
He is remembered on The Walls of Names at the International Bomber Command Centre, Phase 1,  Panel 15.

1 airman from HAM AT227 was buried in Frederikshavn. 3 airmen have no known grave.

Hampden I AT227 EQ-L took off from RAF Balderton at 08.40 hrs on 19 JUL 1942. (Source: Aircrew Remembered has this + Archive Report.)

See No. 6 Group and the Canadian Squadrons * No. 408 (Goose) Squadron RCAF * 408 "Goose" Squadron Association.
4 airmen.