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Group Captain Percy Charles "Pick" Pickard (16 May 1915 – 18 February 1944) was a British bomber pilot and commander during World War II. He is best remembered by the public for his role in the 1941 wartime propaganda film Target for Tonight in which he featured as the pilot of 'F for Freddie'—a Wellington bomber of No. 149 Squadron. He was killed in Operation Jericho.

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  • Percy Charles Pickard
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  • Group Captain Percy Charles "Pick" Pickard (16 May 1915 – 18 February 1944) was a British bomber pilot and commander during World War II. He is best remembered by the public for his role in the 1941 wartime propaganda film Target for Tonight in which he featured as the pilot of 'F for Freddie'—a Wellington bomber of No. 149 Squadron. He was killed in Operation Jericho.
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  • 1937(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1915-05-19(xsd:date)
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death place
  • Amiens, France
Nickname
  • Pick
Name
  • Percy Charles Pickard
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  • The Secretary of State for Air, Sir Archibald Sinclair , accompanied by the Commanding Officer of No. 161 Squadron RAF, Wing Commander P. C. Pickard, during his visit to Tempsford, Bedfordshire.
Birth Place
  • Handsworth, Yorkshire, England
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death date
  • 1944-02-18(xsd:date)
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  • Group Captain Percy Charles "Pick" Pickard (16 May 1915 – 18 February 1944) was a British bomber pilot and commander during World War II. He is best remembered by the public for his role in the 1941 wartime propaganda film Target for Tonight in which he featured as the pilot of 'F for Freddie'—a Wellington bomber of No. 149 Squadron. He was killed in Operation Jericho.
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