Burke, Bill

Title

Burke, Bill
B Burke

Description

Five items. The collection concerns Sergeant B Burke (b. 1924 Royal Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He flew operations as a navigator with 207 Squadron.

The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Margaret Burke and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan.

Date

2017-07-04

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Burke, B

Collection Items

Navigator's sheet
Detailing an operation including wind, position, orders, time, route and navigational observations. Captained by Flight Officer Wells.

Westkapelle
Three aerial photographs showing bomb craters and damage to the seawall. Much of the area is flooded. Houses and roads forming part of the village of Westkapelle are visible in the lower right corner of the main (topmost) photograph which is…

North Sea map
Chart showing eastern Britain and northern Netherlands.

Gee chart for the North Sea
North Sea sheet N.W 54/4 showing north west Britain and northern Netherlands and southern Norway.

Navigation chart - operation to Walcheren
Navigation map showing eastern England and coastal western European mainland. Pencilled route from Spilsby to Walcheren. Annotated 'Sgt. Burke Operations Walcheren 11-10-44'. On reverse 'Sgt Burke Veere 11-10-44 API DRC-u/s'.
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