Photo Brian Chandler
The headstone reads:
In memory of
Pilot Officer John Hogg Erskine
48th Squadron R.A.F.
Killed in action Jan. 1941 aged 26 years.
Simon Glancey has submitted the following:
P/O Erskine was killed when Avro Anson I R3305 of 48 Squadron was lost on a convoy patrol mission. The Anson struck the ground in bad weather, crashing on the beach at Hoylake, with the loss of all four crew members.
Royal Air Force Coastal Command Losses of the Second World War: Vol.1: Aircraft and Crew Losses 19391941; Ross McNeill; 2003; Midland Publishing; ISBN 1 85780 128 8, page 88
