On 23 March, 1945, P47's of the 9th Air Force, including the 405th FG, were involved in attacks near Schermbeck, Dinslaken, Borken, Sudlohn Germ. Most likely, these attacks were in preparation of the Allied attack across the Rhine river that would start the next day. Captain Malcolm J. Erickson, who had already received the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster, went missing on this mission. He remains missing till this day. His name is commemorated on the Tablets of the Missing at Netherlands American Cemetery.