Pickin, Eric (Pilot Officer)

Killed in Action 1944-March-31

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Birth Date: 1915

Born:

Parents: Son of George and Catherine Pickin

Spouse: Husband of G Margery Pickin, of Witney, Oxfordshire

Home: Witney, Oxfordshire, England

Enlistment:

Enlistment Date: unkown date

Service

RAFVR

Unit

622 (B) Sqn- Squadron (RAF)
Bellamus Noctu We wage war by night

Base

Mildenhall

Rank

Pilot Officer

Position

Pilot

Service Numbers

174147

Home
Google MapWitney, Oxfordshire, England
Target
Google MapNuremberg Germany
Temporary Burial
Google MapCemetery at Rosee/Jusaine, Namur, Belgium

Remains were later exhumed from this location and reburied

Final Burial
Google MapWar Cemetery
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622 Squadron RAF (Bellamus Nocte) RAF Mildenhall. Lancaster BIII aircraft ND 767 GI-D was involved in a mid-air collision with 427 Squadron Halifax LV 923 ZL-W aircraft returning from operations over Nuremberg, Germany

Pilot Officer E Pickin (RAFVR) was killed in action

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Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Killed in Action
1944-March-31
War Cemetery, Hotton, Luxembourg, Belgium

Sergeant Gordon Robert Collins RAFVR

Sergeant Collins, Gordon Robert (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Mid-Upper)
Killed in Action
1944-March-31
War Cemetery, Hotton, Luxembourg, Belgium

Sergeant John Coup RAFVR

Sergeant Coup, John (RAFVR)
Air Gunner (Rear)
Killed in Action
1944-March-31
War Cemetery, Hotton, Luxembourg, Belgium

Pilot Officer John Percival Merritt RCAF

Pilot Officer Merritt, John Percival (RCAF)
Navigator
Killed in Action
1944-March-31
War Cemetery, Hotton, Luxembourg, Belgium

Sergeant Henry Fredrick Page RAFVR

Sergeant Page, Henry Fredrick (RAFVR)
Flight Engineer
Killed in Action
1944-March-31
War Cemetery, Hotton, Luxembourg, Belgium

Pilot Officer Eric Pickin RAFVR

Pilot Officer Pickin, Eric (RAFVR)
Pilot
Killed in Action
1944-March-31
War Cemetery, Hotton, Luxembourg, Belgium

Flight Sergeant Cleveland Julian Schmidt RAAF

Flight Sergeant Schmidt, Cleveland Julian (RAAF)
Bomb Aimer
Killed in Action
1944-March-31
War Cemetery, Hotton, Luxembourg, Belgium