Award Distinguished Flying Cross Sqn/Ldr Eric Sprawson, 106 Squadron (70638) Recherche de France-Crashes 39-45 Date: 07 Jun 44 Aircraft: Lancaster III ND680 Unit: 106 Sqdn Airfield/Crash Location: France F/O. Philip Sydney Arnold (125382) KIA Runnymede Memorial Sgt. Edward Ernest James Wiggins (1651152) KIA Runnymede Memorial Sgt. Kenneth Anderton (1110429) POW F/O. Richard Ronald Charles Barker (137533) Evader F/O. Ernest Leslie Hogg (135755) Evader
Five Weeks Hidden in Caen - Fulham Road Bomber Pilot's Adventure Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette 15 July 1994
Western Gazette 23rd June 1944 Somerset Guardian and Radstock Observer 23 June 1944 Wells Journal 23rd June 1944
Methingham based No 106 Squadron, the only resident squadron based there. As a Squadron Leader, he would be a Flight Commander.