Pioneer Pilot
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Remembered
A special flight of Air Mela nesia took residents of Aoba, Tongoa and Efate to the island of Tanna on November 26 to witness the unveiling of a plaque in memory of the late Paul Burton, a pioneer airman in the New Hebrides.
Burton and seven other people were killed when a Drover air craft he was piloting crashed in rugged mountain country on Tanna some 16 months ago. The memorial plaque was unveiled at Lenakel airfield by the chief of Tanna, Kabalu. Its inscription reads: “This plaque is dedicated to the memory of Paul Hollings worth Burton, pioneer of internal aviation in the New Hebrides, who died in service on Tanna on October 21, 1966”.
The Lenakel airfield will henceforth be known as Burton Field.