Richard N Erickson
MilitaryAssigned to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Steyr, Austria in B-17 42-31437 24-Feb-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Enns, Austria; Shot in leg exiting A/C. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2636.
Awards: AM (2OLC), PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 352nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1283471
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 301st Bomb Group 352nd 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 17b, Krems an der Donau, Austria
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lynn, MA | 11 April 1923 | Son of Arvid Johannes and Alvina Portencia [Eliasdotter] Erickson. |
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Enlisted |
Boston, MA | 15 January 1943 | |
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Other Baled out POW |
Enns, Austria | 24 February 1944 | Failed to Return (FTR) Steyr, Austria in B-17 42-31437 24-Feb-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Enns, Austria; POW MACR 2636. |
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Other Recovering from wounds |
Hohemark, Germany | 24 February 1944 | 2 months in hospital with leg wound. |
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Died |
Boscawen, NH | 6 April 2011 | |
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Buried |
New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery, Boscawen, NH | 12 April 2011 | New Hampshire State Veterans Cemetery Boscawen, Merrimack County, NH |
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Based |
Lucera | 24 February 1944 | Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. |
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Other Prisoner of War (POW) |
Krems, Gneikendorf | Prisoner of War (POW). Stalag Luft 17b. |
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