LEST WE FORGET
Warrant Officer Clive Alexander PICKUP
Service No: 32274
Born: Armidale NSW, 28 March 1913
Enlisted in the RAAF: 15 July 1940
Unit: No. 114 Squadron (RAF)
Died: Air Operations: (No. 114 Squadron Boston aircraft BZ257), Rome area, 4 June 1944, Aged 31 Years
Buried: Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio, Italy
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Ainsworth James Pickup and Mary Jane Pickup, of Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Remembered: Panel 128, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
Brother of Leading Aircraftman Laurence Francis Pickup (413419)
At 0015 hours on 4 June 1944 Boston BZ257 took off detailed to carry out a reconnaissance of roads to the east, west and north of Rome. The aircraft failed to return from the mission. The wreck of the aircraft was located later in 1944 and all the crew members had been killed.
The crew members of BZ257 were:
Sergeant Ernest Edward Brett (1613907) (RAFVR) (Air Gunner)
Flight Sergeant Wilfred Henry Elsley (1034671) (RAFVR) (Wireless Air Gunner)
Warrant Officer Clive Alexander Pickup (33274) (Pilot)
Flight Sergeant Herbert Ernest Whale (1576271) (RAFVR) (Navigator Bomb Aimer)
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 166/32/400