Heeresversuchsanstalt Peenemünde
Educated at Haileybury, Prickett initially worked on sugar estates in India before deciding to join the Royal Air Force in 1937. He served in the Second World War initially as a pilot with No. 148 Squadron flying Wellington bombers and latterly as a flight commander with No. 103 Squadron flying Lancaster bombers. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Order following a very successful bombing raid on the Peenemünde Army Research Center.