Charles W Erickson
MilitaryAssigned to 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen 18-May-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; Sole survivor. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 6975.
Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Fifteenth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 20135506 / O-803820
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Miss Chievious
- Unit: 483rd Bomb Group 816th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft 4, Gross Tychow, Pomerania
- Site type: Airfield
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Born |
Oklahoma City, OK | 8 August 1923 | Son of Lambert L Erickson and Mae Ella [Word] Erickson. |
Other Baled out POW |
Memmingen, Germany | 18 May 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen 18-May-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Memmingen; POW MACR 6975. |
Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Tychowo, Poland | 18 May 1944 | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft IV. |
Died |
Oklahoma City, OK | 30 May 2016 | |
Based |
Sterparone | 18 May 1944 | Assigned to 816BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. |
Buried |
Resthaven Gardens Cemetery, Oklahoma City, OK | Resthaven Gardens Cemetery Oklahoma City, Cleveland County, OK |