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F/O. Frederick James Ricketts DFM.
Royal Air Force 619 Squadron
(d.21st Mar 1945)
Flying Officer Frederick James Ricketts DFM, served with 619 Squadron, Royal Air Force. He died age 23 on the 21st March 1945. He had been awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal.
Frederick was born in Jarrow 1921, the son of Henry George and Edith Beatrice Ricketts (nee Fraser) of Benwell Newcastle.
He is commemorated on the WW2 Roll of Honour Plaque in the entrance of Jarrow Town Hall and is buried in Hanover War Cemetery.