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Flt.Sgt. Frederick William Alfred Bickmore
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 265 Squadron
from:Walthamstow
(d.20th Aug 1944)
Flight Sergeant Frederick Bickmore was a crew member of the Catalina that attacked U-862 in the Mozambique Channel on 20th August 1944. The aircraft was shot down during the attack and crashed into the sea killing all aboard. At the time Flight Sergeant Bickmore was 23 years old. His mother Mrs Rose Bickmore was told that he was missing presumed dead and refused to accept his service medals. In later life when asked why she said "I always felt he would come home one day and claim them himself". At the age of 90 she finally received his medals when her grandaughter arranged for them to be sent.
