The Troy Daily Times
Thursday evening, May 3, 1945
page 13

SGT. EDWARD BURR LIBERATED FROM CAMP IN GERMANY

Had Been Prisoner of War for Year; Brother in Service

Staff Sgt. Edward P. Burr, who with his brother conducted a newsroom and confectionary store at 315 Second Street, has been liberated from a German prison camp after a year's internment.

His wife, Jeannette Fontaine Burr, now residing at 123 Ontario Street, Cohoes, received a letter from him today. Sergeant Burr said that he was well and expected to be sent home shortly.

His brother, Sgt. Andrew Burr is now with the 11th Airborne Division in the Philippines.

Sergeant Burr was serving with the Army Air Corps as member of a B-24 bomber crew when he was reported missing over Germany on May 29, 1944. He enlisted in the Air Corps two years ago and had been overseas only a month when his plane was shot down.

Later his wife received word that he was a prisoner of war.

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The Knickerbocker News, Albany, N. Y.
Friday, May 4, 1945
page B-3

Staff Sgt. Edward P. Burr

A Cohoes airman, who has been prisoner of the Nazis a year, has been liberated from Luft 4, Stalag 4357 in Oerbke, Germany, by American armies.

According to information received by his wife, the former Jeanette Fontaine, 123 Ontario, Cohoes, Sergeant Burr has been evacuated to an English hospital for treatment and rest. He will be returned to the states as soon as his condition permits.

The airman, radio-gunner of an 8th AAF Liberator, had been in combat only four weeks when his ship was shot down over the Reich May 29, 1944. He enlisted in the Air Corps two years ago.

Edward P Burr