DAMBUSTERS Bickle, William Douglas (Doug)

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Bickle ​

• FORENAME

William Douglas (Doug) ​

• UNIT

former 617 Squadron,R.A.F.V.R. ​

• RANK

Flight Sergeant ​

• NUMBER

1380667 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

23rd September 1943 ​

• AGE

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• GRAVESITE

Rheinberg War Cemetery,Germany 18.A.14 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

son of Percy Rowe and Alma Bickle​

husband of Violet May Bickle,Knotty Ash,Liverpool​

RAF 1940​

2 RC 11.10.1940​

7 RC 18.10.1940​

17 OTU 20.11.1940​

10 (S) RC 11.4.1941​

2 Signal School 29.8.1941​

1 AACU 29.11.1941​

2 Signal School 24.6.1942​

3 AGS 8.11.1942​

25 OTU 8.9.1942​

1654 CU 12.1.1943​

49 Squadron 23.2.1943​

617 Squadron 29.3.1943 (Sgt)​

49 Squadron 6.6.1943​

w.op/air gunner​

Lancaster ED702​

Mannheim,Germany​

crashed Germany ​

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