Hans Christian Erickson

Military

Assigned to 3rd Combat Crew Replacement Center, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) short navigational flight out of Toome, Nth Ireland in B-26B 41-18072 when it crashed in an Antrim hills peat bog, tail first. Killed non Operational (KNO).



Awards: PH.

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  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center
  • Service Numbers: 33067613 / O-815093
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bomber pilot

Aircraft

A B-26 Marauder (ER-T, serial number 41-18072) of the 450th Bomb Squadron, 322nd Bomb Group at Andrews Field airbase on the 14 May 1943. Handwritten caption on reverse: 'Andrews Field, 322BG, 450BS. Lt. N.L. Haltvey on 14/5/43.'
  • Aircraft Type: B-26 Marauder
  • Unit: No 3 Combat Crew Replacement Center 322nd Bomb Group 450th Bomb Squadron

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Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Middlesex County, NJ, USA 2 August 1917 Son of Hans Peter and Matilda Twibill Eriksen.

Enlisted

Fort Dix, NJ, USA 22 July 1941

Died

Antrim BT41, UK 4 July 1944 Failed to Return (FTR) short navigational flight out of Toome, Nth Ireland in B-26B 41-18072 when it crashed in an Antrim hills peat bog, tail first. Killed non Operational (KNO).

Buried

Lisnabreeny American Military Cemetery 5 July 1944 Interred Lisnabreeny American Military Cemetery
Fords, New Jersey

Based

Toome 5 July 1944 Assigned to 3rd Combat Crew Replacement Center, 8AF USAAF.

Buried

Woodbridge Township, NJ, USA Re-Interred Clover Leaf Memorial Park Woodbridge Middlesex County New Jersey, USA

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Losses of the Eighth and Ninth Air Forces Vol. IV by Bishop & Hey, p.29, MACR 15113, NARA