Flight Sergeant Wicker lost his life when 133 Squadron's Supermarine Spitfire (#BM264) Vb aircraft was shot down by the enemy, crashing at sea near Dover.
Military Service- Rank: Flight Sergeant Trade: Pilot Service Number: R/74415 Age: 20 Force: Air Force Unit: Royal Canadian Air Force Division: 133 RAF Squadron; RAF Kirton-in-Lindsey, Lincolnshire (Motto: 'Let Us To The Battle')
A student, residing at the YMCA in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, he enlisted in the RCAF on 2 Nov 1940 in Ottawa.
Only son of Walter Charles and Ireene (née Seaton) Wicker of New York City, New York, USA. He was born on January 14, 1922 in Cook County, IL, USA.
Flight Sergeant Walter Charles Wicker is commemorated on Page 124 of Canada's Second World War Book of Remembrance. He is also remembered with honour and love at the family gravesite in Chicago's Graceland Cemetery in Illinois, USA.
Source: Finda Grave

From the University of Virginia:
University of Virginia, Joined Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), assigned 133 Squadron "Eagle", Failed To Return (FTR) mission to France, shot down in Spitfire BM264 into English channel Killed in Action (KIA). 27-4-42.
Son of Walter Charles and Ireene Seaton Wicker, of New York City, U.S.A. Killed in action.