The Airmen's Stories - P/O W G Dickie
William Gordon Dickie, of Dundee, was born in 1916, the son of William Bruce Dickie (1881-1951) and Euphemia Watson Dickie (1886-1957).
He was educated at Dundee High School and Merchiston Castle School in Edinburgh. He then worked at his father's law firm, WB Dickie & Sons, in Dundee. He had passed the first part of his solicitors exams when he joined the RAFVR about January 1939 as an Airman u/t Pilot.
Called up on 1st September 1939, he completed his flying training, was commissioned and arrived at 6 OTU on 27th May 1940.
Dickie went to 601 Squadron at Middle Wallop on 8th June. On 7th July Dickie shared in the destruction of a Do17.
He was reported 'Missing' on 11th August in Hurricane L2057 following an action over the Channel off Portland.
Dickie was 24. His name is on the Runnymede Memorial, panel 8.
Above image courtesy of Dean Sumner.
He is commemorated on Dundee High School war memorial.
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