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Flight Lieutenant WILLIAM JAMES PICKEN

Service Number: 80222
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

106 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 05 March 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REICHSWALD FOREST WAR CEMETERY

8. G. 17.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Cross
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jean Picken, of Que Que, Southern Rhodesia.
  • Personal Inscription "IN A LONELY, FAR-OFF LAND HE CHOSE A GRAVE SO STILL FOR A BELOVED SON, OUR BILL"
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