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3 unusual facts about Henry John Burden


Harold Walkerdine

On 23 March, Walkerdine, Maurice Mealing, Henry John Burden, and three other pilots all claimed a victory apiece by destroying a German reconnaissance plane over Moreuil.

Henry John Burden

The son of Charles Eldridge and Maggie Burden, and grandson of department store founder Timothy Eaton, Henry Burden first saw action with the Canadian Forestry Company in France in mid 1916.

Maurice Mealing

Between 8 and 24 March, he bagged ten more wins, including another balloon busted, a reconnaissance plane shared with Captain William Spurrett Fielding-Johnson and another two-seater downed while teamed with Second Lieutenant Harold Walkerdine, Lieutenant Henry John Burden, and three other British pilots.



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