Pickering, William Vincent (Flight Sergeant)

Killed in Action 1942-July-30

Flight Sergeant William Vincent Pickering RCAF

Birth Date: 1921

Born:

Parents: Son of William Henry and Ethel Annie Pickering, of St. Catharines, Ontario. Canada.

Spouse:

Home: St Catharines, Ontario

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RCAF

Unit

149 Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Fortis Nocte Strong by night

Base

Rank

Flight Sergeant

Position

Observer

Service Numbers

R/66308

Final Burial
Google MapSoldaten Friedhof Alliierte Piloten 2WK
Coll grave 8 J 12-18
149 East India Squadron (Fortis Nocte). Target - Saarbrucken, Germany. Addendum: Stirling aircraft BF 320 missing during a strike against Saarbrucken, Germany. FS.s C.R. Spratt, G.K. Sutherland, four RAF crew members, Sgt.s E.J. Buckton, R.G.P. Capham, G. Martins, and P/O. T.M.F. Hulse were also killed. Detail from "We Will Remember Them" - A. Lovett
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