Picton, Walter Charles
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Walter Charles |
Surname | Picton |
Gender | M |
Age | 19 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 08-11-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Sydney and Nellie Florence Picton, of Ponders End, Enfield. His Brother Horace Sydney Also Died On Service. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax V |
Serial Number | LK901 |
Markings |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | United Kingdom |
Burial/Memorial Place | Enfield (Hertford Road) Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Sec. B. Cons. Grave 1083. |
Epitaph | ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 1 |
Panel Number | 85 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 3000833 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | |
Squadron | 1667 HCU |
Trade | Flight Engineer |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Roadside location, adjacent to Sandtoft airfield, Sandtoft, Lincolnshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone obolisk and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of all those who served and died at RAF Sandtoft during Word War II |
Location | Eastern end of former main runway, Faldingworth, Lincolnshire * PRIVATE PROPERTY * |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone sculpture and inscribed stone tablet |
Memorial Text | 1667 HCU RAF 1943 To those who tyranny threatened flew from this runway, some never to return and to those who supported them on the ground, we remember you all |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 08-11-1944 |
End Date | 09-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Sandtoft |
Day/Night Raid | Night (38% moon) |
Operation | Training- night cross-country |
Reason for Loss | Aircraft presumed to have iced up, at 2355 the Halifax disintegrated and fell near Glenshee post office near Perth |