His birth record states he was born on 16 Oct 1913 in Half Tree Way, Saint Andrew, Jamaica to Wellesley and Annie Isabel Robinson Bourke. Half Way Tree is a neighborhood in the city of Kingston and parish capital of St. Andrew.
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington III (#Z1606) aircraft, with an aircrew of five, took off at night from RAF Marham for an air operation flight over Duisburg, Germany. Z1606 crashed near Krefeld, in Germany, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAF Sergeant Cyril Wellesley BOURKE,
RAFVR Sergeant Alwyne Robert BOWEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Donald Orlo FELT,
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Walker SCOTT and
RAFVR Sergeant Cecil Stanley WESTON.
Military Service-
Service Number: 625779
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
His birth record states he was born on 16 Oct 1913 in Half Tree Way, Saint Andrew, Jamaica to Wellesley and Annie Isabel Robinson Bourke. Half Way Tree is a neighborhood in the city of Kingston and parish capital of St. Andrew.
115 Squadron's Vickers Wellington III (#Z1606) aircraft, with an aircrew of five, took off at night from RAF Marham for an air operation flight over Duisburg, Germany. Z1606 crashed near Krefeld, in Germany, taking the lives of the entire crew.
The airmen who perished in this incident were-
RAF Sergeant Cyril Wellesley BOURKE,
RAFVR Sergeant Alwyne Robert BOWEN,
RCAF Pilot Officer Donald Orlo FELT,
RAFVR Pilot Officer John Walker SCOTT and
RAFVR Sergeant Cecil Stanley WESTON.
Military Service-
Service Number: 625779
Rank: Sergeant
Trade: Air Gunner
Service: Royal Air Force
Division: 115 RAF Squadron; RAF Marham, Norfolk
He is commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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