Service Details
Name:
 ERICKSON
Given Name:
 DAVID WILLIAM
Initials:
 D W
Service No:
 160059
Trade:
 Pilot
Rank:
 Pilot Officer
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Regiment:
 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
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Unit:
 44 Sqdn.
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Date of Death:
 1943-05-30
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Age:
 20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, Lancaster I W4838, took off from Waddington 2240 29 May 1943. Homebound shot down by a night-fighter and crashed 0400 30 May 1943 between Linde and Peer (Limburg) 125 km and 19 km respectively NNW of Genk Belgium
Additional
Information:
Son of Peter William and Eva Gertrude Erickson, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant
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Cemetery:
 HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 4. C. 1.

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