Canadian Virtual War Memorial
David Leslie Pickard
In memory of:
Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard
November 26, 1943
Berlin, Germany
Military Service
J/15641
26
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
57 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
February 4, 1917
Tugaske, Saskatchewan
January 1, 1940
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.
Commemorated on Page 203 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Germany
1. D. 5.
Sage is a village 24 km south of Oldenburg, a town 43 km west of Bremen and 28 km north of the main road from Bremen to Holland. The cemetery lies 2 km south of the village on the west side of the road to Osnabruck. From the A1 Bremen/Munster motorway visitors should leave at the Wildeshousen Nord junction and take 213 following signs for Alhorn and Oldenburg. After 8 km and immediately after the village of Alhorn turn right at the roundabout and follow signs for Oldenburg along the Oldenburgerstrasse. The cemetery lies on the left hand side of the road 4 km from Alhorn.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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Memorial – Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Flying Officer David Leslie Pickard is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram December 1941. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram March 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram January 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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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.
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