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Military service
Service number:
J/15641
Age:
26
Rank:
Flying Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
57 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Birth:
February 4, 1917
Tugaske, Saskatchewan
Enlistment:
January 1, 1940
Death:
November 26, 1943
Berlin, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
1. D. 5.
Additional information
Son of John and Melissa J. Pickard, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Flying Officer Pickard was a member of the Caterpillar Club.
Membership of the club was given to people whose lives had been saved by parachutes made by the Irving Air Chute Company. This action saved the life of Flying Officer Pickard on 15 September 1942.
Digital gallery of Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard
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Caterpillar Club Cross
Image of the Caterpillar Club Cross given to Flying Officer Pickard after having bailed out while in action on 15 September 1942. -
Memorial
Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Toronto Telegram January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Hamilton Spectator c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Hamilton Spectator c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard
Digital gallery of
Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 203 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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