F.O. Earl Henry Erickson (Royal Canadian Air Force). Sep. 22, 1943.
@WeAreTheDead @citizenduffy @helmera @GetBAC Canada, World War II Records and Service Files of War Dead, 1939-1947
@WeAreTheDead Flying Officer (Pilot) Early Henry Erickson was born in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. Member of 77 Squadron RAF. Age of 20 when he died. His Halifax aircraft #JB850 was shot down seven miles west of Bremen, at Delmenhorst Wildenhausen, during a night trip to Hanover, Germany.
@WeAreTheDead Also on board were Warrant Officer Earl Brown Donnelly of Saskatoon, Sgts R.J. Cheadle, C.E. Crisp, H.D. Evans, J. Harman and G.C. Stolberg, all RAF, all who were killed that night.
@WeAreTheDead Flying Officer Erickson was buried at Delmenhorst Wildenhausen, exhumed and reburied in the Becklingen War Cemetery at Soltau, Germany.
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