Name: Mahlon R Erickson
First Name(s): Mahlon R
Last Name: Erickson
Place of birth: Wisconsin,
Rank: 2 Lt Pilot
ASN: O-770985
Company: 602th Bomb Sqdrn
Unit: 389th Bomb Group (H) 8th USAAF
Reported as: POW
Date of incident: 29-12-1944
Place of incident: Marche-en-Famenne area
note: Aircraft type B-17G-75-VE Fortress #42-107188 ‘Ramp Rooster’ got a direct hit by FLAK on #2 engine and caught on fire. The hydraulic system was also hit and went down simultaneously with the electric system. After trying to put the fire out, the crew abandoned the plane. When the Pilot 2 Lt Erickson left the ship, it went into a spiral and exploded. Parachutes were fired on by by Germans in descent. 5 crewmembers were taken POW, 3 man landed in allied territory, 2 of them were SIA and 1 man was passed out and failed to regain consciousness in time to open his parachute and crashed.
2 Lt Mahlon Erickson was taken POW and imprisoned in Stalag Luft III Sagan-Silesia Bavaria 49-11, Germany.
Destination: Bingen, Germany
Mission: Operational Bombing
MACR: 11348
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