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Henry Burden [Canada]

Name:Henry "Hank" John Burden
Country:Canada
Rank:Captain
Service:Royal Flying Corps
Royal Air Force
Squadrons:56, 72, 85
Victories:16
Born:28 April 1893
Place of Birth:
Died:28 March 1960
Place of Death:Toronto
Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
Henry Burden

Notes
Burden first saw action in the trenches of France. After almost a year with the 75th Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps in April 1917. Flying the S.E.5a with 56 Squadron in France, he shot down five Fokker D.VII's on 10 August 1918. Two days later, he shot down three more. Burden was William Bishop's brother in law.

Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC)
"This officer took a prominent part in a most successful low bombing attack on an aerodrome. He obtained a direct hit on the objective allotted to him. He further set fire to three enemy machines on the ground with machine gun fire. On the return journey, he attacked a canal boat. In each case flying at a very low altitude. A gallant and able patrol leader who has destroyed three enemy aeroplanes and driven down one out of control, in addition to three destroyed on the ground." DFC citation, London Gazette, 2 November 1918

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)
"Since joining his squadron in February [1918], this officer has accounted for seventeen enemy machines: twelve crashed, two driven down out of control and three destroyed in flames on the ground during an attack on an aerodrome. On the morning of the 10 August, he led his patrol in three attacks and himself destroyed three enemy machines. In the evening of the same day he destroyed two more. Two days later, he attacked a large number of Fokkers, seven of which were destroyed, accounting for three himself. In this encounter Capt. Burden led his patrol with exceptional skill and daring." DSO Bar citation, London Gazette, 2 November 1918

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