Hinaidi RAF Cemetery Records and Their Importance
The Hinaidi RAF Cemetery (aka Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery)
Steve Johnson
2 days ago
Ma'Asker Al Raschid Cemetery, RAF 30 squadron Death in Baghdad 1930
In 1930, Flight Lieutenant John Marsh Burd MC of the 30 (Bomber) Squadron Royal Air Force was based at Mosul in Northern Iraq when he was seconded to the RAF Armoured Car Wing based at RAF Hinaidi in Baghdad. He became ill in October 1930 and was admitted to the RAF General Hospital, but unfortunately died from "abdominal problems" on the 12th October 1930. He was buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission maintained Hinaidi RAF Cemetery (now known as the Ma'Asker Al Ra
Steve Johnson
May 6