Dean R Burns
Military ROLL OF HONOURPilot P-38 'Droop Snoot' 44-23162, flew recon of Mortain area, due to overcast reduced altitude and A/C was hit by flak in starboard engine, lost control and baled out along with Observer
Major William K Collonan 2 x MIA/FOD. MACR 7862.
Awards: PH.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Service Numbers: O-243539
- Highest Rank: Major
- Role/Job: Observer / Navigator
Aircraft
![French countryside, photographed through the nose of a P-38 Lightning of the 367th Fighter Group on landing. Image stamped on reverse: 'Not to be published 30 Aug 1944.' [stamp], 'Passed for publication 31 May 1945.' [stamp] and '354528 .' [censor no.] Printed caption on reverse: 'P-38s over the Seine. No.1 of a series of pix taken through the nose of the P-38 as it comes in to land. Scherschel LIFE.'](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-456843.jpg.webp?itok=vyT98_c0)
- Aircraft Type: P-38 Lightning
- Unit: Base Air Depot 3 370th Fighter Group 402nd Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
![A B-24 Liberator of the 392nd Bomb Group successfully bombs an airfield near St Dizier, France. Image stamped on reverse: 'Keystone Press.' [stamp], '7 Jun 1944.' [stamp] Printed caption on reverse: 'NYP 21841 (KY). US PLANES BLAST GERMAN AIRFIELD IN FRANCE. A Liberator bomber of the Eighth US Army Air Force heads for its home base after helping to blast a German Airfield near St Dizier, in occupied France, where administrative building (upper right) burn fiercely and bombs explode on the dispersal area (](https://assets.americanairmuseum.com/s3fs-public/styles/teaser_thumb_x2/public/freeman/media-380473.jpg.webp?itok=N7LVKsFH)
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Robinson Air Base
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Enlisted |
4 January 1942 | Seattle, Washington | |
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Died |
50140 Mortain, France | 9 August 1944 | Flew recon of Mortain area, due to overcast reduced altitude and A/C was hit by flak in starboard engine, lost control and baled out along with Observer Major William K Collonan 2 x MIA/FOD. MACR 7862. |
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Buried |
Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County CA | 3 April 1950 | Re-interred Golden Gate National Cemetery San Bruno, San Mateo County California, USA. |
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Born |
Kansas, USA | Harold Daniel and Nellie Lucille [Haggart] Burns. | |
| Chelan County, WA, USA |
Revisions
Information from a list of signatures suggested to be of airmen in the 405th Fighter Group, 511th Fighter Squadron, at St. Dizier, France, supplied by Don Scott of Ventura, California, in September 2021
Information from a list of signatures suggested to be of airmen in the 405th Fighter Group, 511th Fighter Squadron, at St. Dizier, France, supplied by Don Scott of Ventura, California, on September 2021.