In Memory Of

BURTON, PERCIVAL ROSS-FRAMES

Service Details
Age:
 23
Date of Birth:
 1917-06-06
Service No:
 74348
Rank:
 Flying Officer
Unit:
 249 Sqdn.
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
 1940-09-27
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Hurricane V6683, ran out of ammunition chasing a Messerschmitt Bf 110 fighter-bomber and rammed it to make sure; both aircraft and flyers were destroyed
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Plot E. Row 1. Grave 480.
Cemetery:
 TANGMERE (ST. ANDREW) CHURCHYARD
Localitly:
 Sussex
Country:
 United Kingdom
Additional Information
Decorations:
 Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 LG Sup 17 March 1941 pg. 1575
Son of the Rt. Hon. Henry Burton, P.C., K.C., LL.B., and Helen Marie Burton, of Retreat, Cape Province, South Africa. B.A. (Oxon.). Born Cape Province. Educated at Bishop's, Rondebosch. "One of the few" Battle of Britain pilot. Native of South Africa. Recommended for the Victoria Cross. His brother also died on service