ISOB Wicker
Details:
Grave: O. Row 2. Grave 56. Isolated Burial
A standard Commonwealth Grave Commission (CWGC) inscribed gravestone.
Flight Sergeant 'Wick' Wicker lost his life in April 1942 when his Eagle 133 Squadron's Supermarine Spitfire (#BM264) Vb aircraft was shot down by the enemy, crashing in the sea near Dover.
Wicker was born in Cook County, Illinois in 1922 and did his flight training in Canada. He served with the 133rd Eagle Squadron, a Squadron consisting of Americans.
Monument Text:
R.77415 FLIGHT SERGEANT
W.C. WICKER
PILOT
ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE
27TH APRIL 1942 AGED 20
133 EAGLE SQUADRON RAF
AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. BELOVED
ONLY SON & BROTHER WHO DIED
SO THAT DEMOCRACY MAY LIVE
Commemorates:
People:
Walter Charles 'Wick' Jr. Wicker
Units:
133rd Eagle Squadron
Eagle Squadron
Eagle Squadron (RAF)
Royal Air Force (RAF)
Royal Canadian Air Force
Wars:
WWII
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