<P> Gone for a Burton is a British English expression meaning to be missing or to die . The term was popularised by the RAF around the time of World War II . It migrated to the USA quickly and in June 1943 a story titled Husky Goes Down for a Burton appeared in Boys' Life, the magazine of the Boy Scouts of America . The etymology is disputed . </P>

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