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| Virgil Burke
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Last
Name:
BURKE |
First
Name Middle Initial:
VIRGIL L. |
Nick
Name:
BUZZ |
| Street:
3000 LYDIA |
City
& State: TOPEKA, KS |
E-Mail:
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| Zip:
66614 |
Phone:
(785) 272-2540 |
Spouse:
IRMA D |
| Conflict:
WWII |
Service
Branch: Army Air Corp |
Unit:
515TH BOMB SQUADRON-376TH BOMB GROUP |
| Theater:
ETO |
Where
Captured: ADRIATIC SEA |
Date
Captured: 12/28/43 |
| Camps
Held In: STALAG LUFT I |
How
Long Interned: 490 days |
| Liberated
/ repatriated: liberated |
Date
Liberated: 05/01/45 |
Age
at Capture: 24 |
| Medals
Received: SILVER STAR, AIR MEDAL, PURPLE HEART |
| Military
Job: PILOT |
Company:
LINDYKUGEL & SONS |
| Occupation
after War: BUILT ROADS AND DAMS |
Bio:
MY HUSBAND LT. COL. VIRGIL BURKE WAS A B-24 BOMBER PILOT IN THE 515TH
BOMB SQUADRON-376TH BOMB GROUP IN THE 15TH A.A.F. IN WORLD WAR II. HE
WAS SHOT DOWN RETURNING FROM A MISSION OVER REGENSBERG, GERMANY IN
DECEMBER 1943, THIS WAS HIS 25TH MISSION, HE WAS THEN SENT STALAG LUFT I
PRISON. AFTER LEAVING THE A.A.F. HE RETURNED TO HIS HOMETOWN IN SPENCER,
SOUTH DAKOTA, AND REMAINED IN THE A.A.F. RESERVE. BEING IN THE RESERVES
MEANT HE WAS RECALLED BACK TO ACTIVE DUTY IN 1952 DURING THE KOREAN WAR.
HE THEN REMAINED IN THE A.F. IN “SAC” AND FLEW AS A PILOT IN THE
B-36, THE B-47, AND THE C-47. LT. COL. BURKE PASSED AWAY IN 1981.
MY HUSBAND, SON, DAUGHTER, AND I ENJOYED “LIFE IN THE AIR FORCE”!
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