H Burgoyne
Flying Officer · 
United Kingdom
- Died
- 3 January 1945
- Fate
- Killed in action
Biography
Flying Officer H Burgoyne served as the pilot of Lancaster PB635 with No. 166 Squadron, Royal Air Force. On 3 January 1945 the aircraft did not return from the raid on Nuremberg. He was killed in action. He is buried at Choloy War Cemetery, France.
Last updated 13 June 2026.
Crew & operations
Flew as Pilot with No. 166 Squadron.
- Operation (3 January 1945) — aircraft PB635 AS-G (Avro Lancaster) — Failed to return
Crew: M Leyland (Bomb aimer) · W E Lane (Flight engineer) · T F Stewart (Mid-upper gunner) · J H Gilbert (Navigator) · Leonard Earl Riggs (Rear gunner) · Richard Verdun Weston (Wireless operator)
Timeline
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3 January 1945
Flew Operation
Pilot, PB635 AS-G — Failed to return - 3 January 1945 Died
Burial / commemoration
- Cemetery
- Choloy War Cemetery, France
Operations on this date. 7 raids in this archive were flown on the night of 3 January 1945: Nuremberg · Ludwigshafen · Bremen · Berlin · Nuremberg · Ludwigshafen · Dortmund. (Cross-reference by date — not in itself confirmation this airman flew it.)