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206693 Flying Officer James Conway Burns DFM Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Navigator 106, 99 Squadron from:Gateshead, Tyne & Wear (d.6th Oct 1945) My uncle F/O James Conway Burns completed his tours with 106 squadron as a Navigator and transferred to 99 bomber squadron as a navigator in Consolidated Liberators based on the Cocos/Keeling Islands near Singapore. He flew five sorties in Liberator EW236 "K" delivering supplies to Kallang airfield Singapore, believed to be for prisoners of war. On the 5th operation his plane was reported missing in bad weather and no distress call had been recieved. Whilst two attempts were made to find the plane and survivors the weather turned them back and the crew and plane were never found. James is commemorated with his fellow crew members at Kranji war cemetery in Singapore. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.