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Dick Erickson served as a pilot in the Army Air Corps in Germany during WWII. He grew up in Worcester MA.
A proud product of the industrious Swedish community of Worcester MA, Dick Erickson saw the military as an opportunity to access higher education. During WWII, he flew 35 bombing missions over Germany targeting bridges and military information centers.