Service Details
Name:
 ERASMUS
Given Name:
 CHARLES DEREK
Initials:
 C D
Service No:
 160102
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Squadron Leader
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Other Casualties from this Regiment
Unit:
 193 Sqdn.
Other Casualties from this Unit
Date of Death:
 1945-03-09
Other Casualties on this Date
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Typhoon RB381, crashed behind the railway crossing, at Raalte
Decorations:
 D F C
Citations:
 LG Sup 5 September 1944 pg. 4122 - "This officer is a skilful and resolute pilot. He has taken part in a large number of sorties, including numerous attacks on enemy shipping. He is an extremely able and gallant leader and his excellent work has contributed materially to the success of the squadron. Flying Officer Erasmus has destroyed two and assisted in the destruction of two more enemy aircraft."
Additional
Information:
Son of Lt. and Mrs. P. Erasmus, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
Commemoration
Country:
 Netherlands
Other Casualties commemorated in Netherlands
Cemetery:
 RAALTE GENERAL CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 Grave 18.

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