Lt. Ernest Anders Erickson (bottom row - center) and the crew of the "Lili of the Lamplight" (44-6085).

The crew would complete 35 missions between March 27th through August 26th of 1944 out of Horham Airfield in England.

334th Squadron - 95th Bomb Group - 8th Army Air Corps
13th Combat Bombardment Wing - 3rd Bombardment Division
Horham Airfield – Station 119 – Suffolk County – England

Piloted Twelve B-17s
Lili of the Lamplight (44-6085)
Taint A Bird II (230342) * Fireball Red (231876) * Able Mable (231920)
Mirandy (231992) * Gen'ril Oop & Lili Brat (231993)
To Hell Or Glory (238123) * Ten Aces (238178) * Smilin' Sandy Sanchez (297290)
Paisano (2102450) * Stand By / Goin' My Way (21072014)
The Doodle Bug / What’s Cookin? (2107047) * To Hell Or Glory (238123


Lt. Ernest Anders Erickson's
Mission #1 - March 27, 1944
A20 - (B-17 received minor - degrees of damage)
Participated on a combat sortie
Cazaux, France

Mission # 282 of the 95th Bomb Group
Airfields in France are attacked by 701 bombers. 285 of 290 B-17s hit the following airfields:

StJean D/Angely (55), La Rochell/La Leu (59), Chartres (60), Tours/Parcay Meslay Air Depot (74),
Usine Liotard AirDepot (35) and targets of opportunity (2); 1 B-17 is lost and 37 damaged;
casualties are 1 Wounded in Action and 10 Missing in Action.

248 of 256 B-17s hit the following airfields: Bordeaux/Merignac (123), Cayeux (118) and Chartres (7);
2 B-17s are lost and 51 damaged; casualties are 11 Killed in Action, 2 Wounded in Action and 20 Missing in Action.

All 168 B-24s hit the following airfields:
Pau/OntLong (72), Biarritz (49) and Mont de Marsan (47); 3 B-24s are lost, 4 damaged beyond repair
and 18 damaged; casualties are 20 Killed in Action, 1 Wounded in Action and 31 Missing in Action.