RAF SPECIAL DUTIES Pickard, Percy Charles (Pick)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Pickard ​

• FORENAME

Percy Charles (Pick) ​

• UNIT

161 Squadron (RAF) (Commanding Officer) ​

• RANK

Wing Commander ​

• NUMBER

39392 ​

• AWARD

2nd bar to Distinguished Service Order ​

• PLACE

1943 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 16.5.1915 Handsworth,Sheffield,Yorkshire​

son of late P.C. and Mrs Pickard​

educated Framlingham College,Suffolk​

R.A.F. January 1937​

pilot​

99 Squadron (FLt) DFC 1940​

311 Squadron DSO 1941​

51 Squadron (WCdr) bar to DSO 1942​

161 Squadron (WCdr) 2nd bar to DSO 1943​

Group Captain​

KIA 18.2.1944 Amiens,France​

Mosquito HX922 ​

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