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Personal info

Full name
TRICKETT, Ernest Milton
Date of birth
8 March 1917
Age
26
Place of birth
Elkins, Randolph County, West Virginia
Hometown
Grove City, Franklin County, Ohio

Military service

Service number
35405056
Rank
Technical Sergeant
Function
Top Turret Gunner/Engineer
Unit
545th Bombardment Squadron,
384th Bombardment Group, Heavy
Awards
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
22 June 1943
Place of death
Wilhelminadorp, the Netherlands

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Ardennes
Plot Row Grave
D 9 8

Immediate family

Members
Harry M. Trickett father)
Mary L. (Montoney) Trickett (mother)
Kathleen A. Trickett (sister)
Pauline E. (Frances) Trickett (wife)

Plane data

Serial number
42-30076
Data
Type: B-17F
Destination: Antwerp, Belgium
Mission: Bombing of the former Ford and General Motors plant
MACR: 2165

More information

T/Sgt Trickett was married to Pauline Elizabeth Frances on 20 February 1943.

This was the first loss for the 384th Bomber Group. The airplane was 9,000 feet below the formation when it was being attacked by at least eight Fw-190 fighters off the coast of Belgium. Three engines seemed to be on fire. The plane seemed to explode in midair.

Four crew members were killed, and six men were taken prisoner.

T/Sgt Trickett was last seen lying on the floor of the airplane, shot in the head by gunfire from the German fighter planes.

He was first buried at the Noorder Cemetery in Vlissingen, the Netherlands.

Source of information: Raf Dyckmans, www.384thbompgroup.com, www.fold3.com - MACR, www.ancestry.com - Marriage Record, Family Trees

Photo source: Guy Maes, Menno Polderman