Pick, Ben Michael
Personal Information
Rank | Sgt |
Forename(s) | Ben Michael |
Surname | Pick |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-12-1942 |
Next of Kin | Son of Ben and Lizzie Robinson Pick, of Benson, Oxfordshire. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax II |
Serial Number | W7775 |
Markings | NF-R |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Netherlands |
Burial/Memorial Place | Staphorst (IJhorst) General Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Grave 3. |
Epitaph | AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 226 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1194506 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 38 |
Squadron | 138 (Special Duties) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | Village Green, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stone Memorial with inscribed Marble Tablets |
Memorial Text | In honour of the men and women of Special Duties Sqns stationed at RAF Tempsford |
Location | "The Barn" Gibraltar Farm, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Plaque & Framed Scroll |
Memorial Text | To commemorate the men and women of different nationalities who flew from RAF Tempsford to aid resistance forces in occupied Europe |
Location | St. Peter's Church, Tempsford, Bedfordshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet, Wooden Boards, Brass Plaques & RoH |
Memorial Text | Remembering all those who flew from RAF Tempsford including those of the Royal Australian Air Force |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-12-1942 |
End Date | 23-12-1942 |
Takeoff Station | Tempsford |
Day/Night Raid | Night (100% moon) |
Operation | Special Operations Executive- Nordpol Spiel operation codenamed Marrow 12 |
Reason for Loss | Crashed near De Wijk, Holland |