Pilot Officer WW Burton
William Westbrooke Burton
- Rank
- Pilot Officer
- Squadron
- No 104 Squadron
- School
- Diocesan College (Bishops), University of Oxford
- Fate
- Killed in action
- In the book
- Pages 98
From the book
The Dreaded Telegram
Pilot Officer Percival Ross Frames Burton a fighter pilot, was killed on September 27th 1940 during the “Battle of Britain” His older brother William Westbrooke Burton pictured right, a bomberpilot, lost his life during a Cologne bombing raid 11 months later. Willam had completed his Oxford Studies, Percival interrupted his studies to join up.
The Dreaded Telegram
A few weeks later she received a second telegram, “Regret to advise you that according to information received through the International Red Cross your son Pilot Officer William Westbrooke Burton is believed to have lost his life as the result of Air Operations on the night of 20/21/8/41. The Air Council express their profound sympathy” 14.