Mahlon Roland Erickson
Military
Object Number - UPL 64035 - 2nd Lt Mahlon R. Erickson
Assigned to 602BS, 398BG, 8AF USAAF. Crashed on 29-Dec-44 in Luxembourg in B-17 42-107188 'Ramp Rooster' in Bingen, Germany Prisoner of War (POW)
Awards: AM (5OLC) POW, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13063040
- Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17133576 / T-004271 / O-2000301
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 12189248 / T-005573 / O-2000320
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bombardier
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 39575606
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 32549315 / O-2065600
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Ramp Rooster
- Unit: 398th Bomb Group 487th Bomb Group 602nd Bomb Squadron 836th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Dulag Luft Grosstychow Dulag 12
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag Luft III, Sagan, Germany
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 22 March 1923 | Born Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag Luft III, Zagan, Poland | 29 December 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag Luft III |
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Died |
Vero Beach, Florida | 29 August 1995 | Died Vero Beach, Florida |
Revisions
ContributorAl_Skiff
Changes
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 11348 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
