{"id":1744,"date":"2015-02-03T15:39:24","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T20:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/malverncollegiate.com\/?p=1744"},"modified":"2015-02-03T15:41:00","modified_gmt":"2015-02-03T20:41:00","slug":"mrbs-president-visits-malvern-mens-graves-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/malverncollegiate.com\/decades\/1903-1939\/mrbs-president-visits-malvern-mens-graves-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"MRBS President visits Malvern men’s graves in Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vandra Masemann and her husband Volker were travelling in Germany this past January and made a detour to visit the Becklingen War Cemetery, where two Malvernites are buried.<\/p>\n

Flt. Sgt. David Fenton (Class of 1936), a gunner in a Wellington bomber, was killed during an operation to Hamburg on 29 July 1942. He and several crew mates are buried in the cemetery and Vandra laid roses at each grave.<\/p>\n

Also buried in Becklingen is Flying Officer Peter H. Burne (Class of 1940), the pilot of a Mosquito bomber on a mission called Operation Clarion, that was shot down on 22 Feb. 1945. Burne and his navigator, Allan Jerry Vickers of Markham, are buried side by side.<\/p>\n

Thank you Vandra and Volker for going out of your way to honour these men.<\/p>\n

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Malvern alumnus David Fenton and fellow crew members are buried in Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Grave of Flying Officer Peter Burne, killed 22 Feb 1945.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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