0 @I106@ INDI
1 SEX M
1 NAME Edwin Fitzherbert George (Bert) /BURROWES/
1 BIRT
2 DATE 15 Nov 1922
2 PLAC Carrington Road, New Plymouth, NZL
2 NOTE Birth Index microfiche ref, 1923/589
1 NOTE named after his uncle who was killed Gallipoli WWI.
1 DEAT
2 DATE 1985
2 PLAC 11 Norfolk Cres Fielding (At home), NZL
2 NOTE Death Index microfiche ref, 1985/22631
2 CAUS emphysema (also had lung cancer)
1 CREM Y
1 BURI
2 TYPE Ashes interred
2 PLAC Feilding, NZL
1 FAMC @F111@
1 FAMS @F117@
1 NOTE Flying Officer 416194 RNZAF 489 Squadron WWII.
2 CONT While training in Saskatoon Canada in a sudden storm forced Bert and
2 CONC his instructor to have to parachuted to safety after they lost control of the plane.
2 CONC A bad landing compacted his spine and crushed several vertebrae
2 CONC in his neck, pinching nerves. He was never again able to move his head
2 CONC without considerable pain (which grew worse with age). His rib cage was
2 CONC fixed inhibiting his breathing (his
2 CONC Pilot's Flying Log Book
2 CONC gives the date of this event as July 8 1942).

2 CONT He continued flying, finished his training
2 CONC and flew 54 missions with the RAF No. 489 Squadron, six in Hampdens followed by
2 CONC 48 as a Beaufighter pilot. He was awarded the
2 CONC Distinguished Flying Cross by King George in 1945 just before his
2 CONC return to NZL He married 6 weeks
2 CONC after his return and then moved to Auckland and spent another 6 months
2 CONC in the Air force. He gave this up as he was spending too long away
2 CONC from home and moved back to New Plymouth and worked for several years
2 CONC for the Social Welfare Dept. He then became pilot for Rural Aviation
2 CONC (Farm and Forestry top-dressing), later becoming the Managing Director
2 CONC and renamed the company, Midland Aviation.
1 NOTE He served as Counciller on
2 CONC the Aviation Industry Association of New Zealand 1969 to 1973 and Division branch Chairman for
2 CONC Wellington-Taranaki.

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