Alan Gladstone BURT

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BURT, Alan Gladstone

Service Number:	400408
Enlisted:	20 August 1940
Last Rank:	Flying Officer
Last Unit:	No. 61 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 5 December 1917
Home Town:	Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Flying Battle, English Channel, 31 January 1942, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Runnymede Memorial, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Panel 109
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Kialla West Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue, Melbourne Cricket Club WW2 Honour Roll, Runnymede Air Forces Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flying Officer, 400408
20 Aug 1940:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flying Officer, 400408, No. 61 Squadron (RAF)

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Flying Officer Alan Gladstone Burt 400408 was killed when Manchester L7396 of 61SQN RAF crashed at sea 50 miles due south of Southampton, England - his body was not recovered and he is commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial

Crew: Page, Harry Charles Shaw DFC (Flight Lieutenant) 41315 RAF / Atkinson, Denys Lowe (Pilot Officer) 62694 RAF / Burrough, Thomas Noel Challoner DFC (Squadron Leader) 84274 RAF / Turner, Harry Edward (Flight Sergeant) 645043 RAF / Dann, Leonard William (Sergeant) 929868 RAF / Evans, Thomas Alfred (Sergeant) 913939 RAF / Jones, Ronald Sidney (Sergeant) 645045 RAF

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