In Memory Of

ERICKSON, DAVID WILLIAM

Service Details
Age:
20
Date of Birth:
-0001-11-30
Service No:
160059
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Unit:
44 Sqdn.
Regiment:
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Date of Death:
1943-05-30
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
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
4. C. 1.
Cemetery:
HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Localitly:
Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
Son of Peter William and Eva Gertrude Erickson, of Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.