Picken, Jacques Andre
Personal Information
Rank | P/O |
Forename(s) | Jacques Andre |
Surname | Picken |
Gender | M |
Age | 26 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 02-11-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Leslie and Andree Marie Marthe Picken, of Annerley, Queensland, Australia. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Handley Page Halifax III |
Serial Number | LW141 |
Markings | DY-U |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | Belgium |
Burial/Memorial Place | Hotton War Cemetery |
Grave Reference | I. E. 12. |
Epitaph | SADLY MISSED. DEAREST SON "JACK" IN OUR HEARTS YOU LIVE |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 226 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 428860 |
Service | Royal Australian Air Force |
Group | 4 |
Squadron | 102 (Ceylon) |
Trade | Air Bomber |
Country of Origin | Australia |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Catherine's Church Barmby Moor, East Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Roll of Honour in wall mounted wooden case, Sqn Badge above |
Memorial Text | 102 (Ceylon) Sqn Roll of Honour and Sqn badge |
Location | Pocklington Gliding Club, Pocklington Airfield, Easy Yorkshire |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Stylised Memorial with inscribed metal plaque |
Memorial Text | Memorial to 102 (Ceylon) Sqn RAF and 405 (Vancouver) Sqn RCAF which served at RAF Pocklington during WW2 |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Record of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/810/22 |
Summary of Events (Operational Record Book) AIR 27/810/21 |
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 02-11-1944 |
End Date | 03-11-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Pocklington |
Day/Night Raid | Night (92% moon) |
Operation | Dusseldorf. 992 aircraft, 19 losses- 4 of which crashed behind Allied lines (0.4%). Most of the bombing fell on the northern suburbs with more than 5000 houses being destroyed . 7 industrial premises were destroyed and 18 seriously damaged, including some important steel works. At least 678 people were killed. This was the last significant raid on Düsseldorf. |
Reason for Loss | Thought to have crashed at Lammersdorf on the German-Belgian border |