World War II Honoree

Walter Charles Wicker, Jr.

Hometown

New York City, New York

Honored By

A Grateful American

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLIGHT SERGEANT AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. KILLED IN ACTION AT THE AGE OF 20 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 133 'EAGLE' SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS SUPERMARINE SPITFIRE MK VB (BM264) WAS ATTACKED BY A LUFTWAFFE FOCKE-WULF FW 190 WHILE ESCORTING BOSTON BOMBERS ON A RAID TO OSTEND, BELGIUM AND LILLE, FRANCE ON APRIL 27, 1942. BURIED AT HAWKINGE CEMETERY, HAWKINGE, KENT, ENGLAND. COMMEMORATED ON THE EAGLE SQUADRON MEMORIAL, GROSVENOR SQUARE, LONDON, ENGLAND.