Pidcock, Charles Trevor Leighton
Personal Information
Rank | F/O |
Forename(s) | Charles Trevor Leighton |
Surname | Pidcock |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 15-10-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of William Edward and Marian Jane Pidcock, of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW391 |
Markings | KW-J |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Heverlee War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | 12. E. 3. |
Epitaph | GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 226 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | J/29197 |
Service | Royal Canadian Air Force |
Group | 6 |
Squadron | 425 (Alouette) |
Trade | Pilot |
Country of Origin | Canada |
Other Memorials
Location | Outside Village Hall, Dishforth, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone and inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | In memory of the Canadian aircrew of 425 and 426 Sqns RCAF who served at RAF Dishforth, 1942-1945 |
Location | Village Green, Tholthorpe, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Memorial Stone, inscribed metal plaque and Maple Tree |
Memorial Text | A memorial, in French, to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Location | Former Control Tower, Tholthorpe Airfield, North Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Metal Plaque |
Memorial Text | A memorial to those Canadians who served at RAF Tholthorpe during WW2, including 425 Sqn |
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 14-10-1944 |
End Date | 15-10-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Tholthorpe |
Day/Night Raid | Night (5% moon) |
Operation | Duisburg- continuation of Operation Hurricane to demonstrate Bomber Command and the US 8th Air Force's overwhelming air superiority to the enemy. 1005 aircraft, 7 lost (0.7%). A two-wave attack, two hours apart. 941 aircraft were able to drop their bomb loads totalling 4040 tons of high explosives and 500 tons of incendiaries. No local report is available, most probably due to the sheer level of disarray following the destructive force of two days of bombing, totalling almost 9000 tons of bombs. |
Reason for Loss | Thought to have crashed behind enemy lines- the six surviving crew being unhurt |