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PICKETT WB
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PICKETT, Warren

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Handley Page Halifax II
Serial Number W7707
Markings LQ-K
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 107..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 226
Enlistment information
Service Number R/98484
Service Royal Canadian Air Force
Group 4
Squadron 405 (Vancouver)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United States of America
Last Operation information
Start Date 30-05-1942
End Date 31-05-1942
Takeoff Station Pocklington
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Cologne. 1047 sortie raid- the first of the 1000 Bomber Raids. 1455 tons of bombs dropped, one third being incendiaries. Local reports state that there were 1700 large fires but no firestorm unlike Rostock and Lubeck since Cologne was a modern city with building
Reason for Loss Lost without trace