ROBERT WINANS ERNE (1919 - 1951)
"Bob"

(Pilot)
(CNAC 194? - late 1944 or 1945)
(Captain - ???)
(Hump Flights ???)

Page Started: 2001
Page Updated: 5-17-2021
Ancestry.com

Background music to this page can be controlled here.
"Tuxedo Junction"
<bgsound src="tuxedo_junction_01.mp3" loop=infinite>


Robert W. Erne -1938



UPDATE-February 12, 2018: In talking with Debbie at the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Millcreek Township, Pennsylvania, I found out that Robert died, in July 1951 - probably in Pennsylvania, from injuries received in a plane crash. At the time he was married to Ruth Adele Forsythe. Using Ancestry.com I am trying to locate any family of Robert's or Ruths's. Ruth, now Ruth E. Wiseman, died in San Berandino, California April 16, 1977.

I will post additional information as I find it, or if you find something, please let me know. Thanks,

CNAC Web Editor, Tom Moore


In the 1943-45 log book of Don McBride, Robert Erne listed his address as:

Bob Erne
257 E 8th ST
Erie, Pa.



(check signed by Chuck Sharp)

back of above check



I purchased this envelope on www.eBay.com in 2010



January 30, 2001
From Don McBride's grandson, Dan Ramirez:
"Bob Erne was living with three others including Don McBride, Russell Coldren, and John Gable. My grandfather, Don McBride, was flying at Dinjan at the time and when he returned, Erne had gone back to the United States. Erne was from Erie, Pennsylvannia and that was the last that my grandpa heard from him."


If you would like to share any information about Robert W. Erne
or would like to be added to the CNAC e-mail distribution list,
please let the CNAC Web Editor, Tom Moore, know.
Thanks!

Back to CNAC Pilots Page
Back to CNAC Home Page