Honoring Fallen Hero. Lt. Merrill Burton

1st Lt Merrill Burton, KIA May 30th, 1944 near Piethen, Germany. The attached Video Interview ( Part I and Part II) is a tribute and memorial to Merrill’s life and the ultimate sacrifice he made as a B-17 pilot during WWII. 

He was stationed at Army Air Force Base # 167 near Ridgewell, Essex, U.K, as a member of the United States 8th Air Force, 381st Bomb Group, 533rd Squadron. Merrill was pilot or co-pilot on 27 missions over Western Europe (20 Germany, 6 France, 1 Belgium)

Thanks goes to Jerry Beto, nephew of Lt. Burton, for providing this video