My father Lt. Ernest Anders Erickson's Destination and Assignment Instructions document he received in late 1943.

Ernest Anders graduated from Blackland Airfield in October of 1943 and received his wings and became a B-17 pilot. He was stationed at Horham Airfield in England with the 95th Bomb Group from February to November 1944. He flew thirty five missions with the 334th Squadron.

In January 1944 having been assigned to the 334th Squadron of the 95th Bomb Group (Heavy) he would be flying to England. When the crew arrived at Horham, their original ship they had flown from Langley, Virginia up the east coast with stops at Roosevelt Field in New York, Maine, Greenland and Iceland was taken away from them and transferred to another airfield and squadron. My father and crew became a crew without their own ship and over their time at Horham when they began flying combat missions the crew would end up on-board twelve different B-17s. Lt. Ernest Anders Erickson flew thirty five missions with the 334th Squadron.

The twelve B-17s flown: Lili of the Lamplight (44-6085) * Taint A Bird II (42-30342) Fireball Red (42-31876) * Able Mable (42-31920) * Mirandy (42-31992) Gen'ril Oop & Lili Brat (42-31993) * Ten Aces (42-38178) Smilin' Sandy Sanchez (42-97290) * Paisano (42-102450) * Stand By / Goin' My Way (42-107204) The Doodle Bug / What’s Cookin? (42-107047) * To Hell Or Glory (42-38123).

By May 31st, 1944 the crew flew their first mission aboard the "Lili of the Lamplight," (44-6085). It became their ship and so named the "Lili of the Lamplight" by the crew not long after their first few missions on-board.