Franklin David Burt
Military ROLL OF HONOURKilled whilst gaining operational experience flying Spitfire Vc EE746 with 131 Sqn RAF when attacked by FW 190. Went down in channel near Dunkirk. 1st Lt Franklin D Burt was a member of 12th Recon Squadron, 67th Reconnaissance Group USAAF.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Ninth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Reconnaissance
Aircraft
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Died |
Dunkirk, France | 4 September 1943 | Spitfire Vc EE746 shot down by FW 190 over British Channel on Ramrod mission S.31. He was assigned to 12th Recon Squadron, 67th Reconnaissance Group USAAF and attached to 131 Sqn RAF to gain operational experience in theatre. MACR 0548. |
| Livingston County, NY, USA | Livingston County, New York, USA. | ||
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Buried |
Tablets of the Missing at Cambridge American Cemetery, Cambridge, England. |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol I by Bishop & Hey p.265-6