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Military service
Service number:
J/95165
Age:
19
Rank:
Pilot Officer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
428 Sqdn.
Death:
August 17, 1944
Sea Southwest of Serjero Islan, Denmark
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 251.
Additional information
Son of William Alexander Lamb and Catherine Tosh Lamb, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
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Runnymede Memorial
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Group Photo
Photo of aircrew.<P> L to R: Slater, Lamb, Brown, Srigley, Boyce, Toomey, unknown.<P> Photo provided by R. E. Toomey to Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com Used with permission. -
Group Photo
Left to right, RCAF 428 squadron, Lancaster X KB751 NA/Q crew: Robert Boyce, Vancouver, Wireless Operator William Lamb, Hamilton, Mid Upper Gunner Robert Toomey, Ottawa, Flight Engineer unknown spare pilot Gordon Srigley, Vancouver, Tail Gunner Harry “Slats” Slater, Toronto, Bomb Aimer<P> Pilot William Fairgrieve is believed to have taken photograph. Via Toomey’s collection. Robert Toomey was the only survivor of crash of KB751 near Sejero, Denmark. Sgt. Toomey taken prisoner to Stalag Luft VII, August 19, 1944. -
Newspaper Clipping
Source Hamilton Spectator August 21, 1944 -
Newspaper Clipping
Source Hamilton Spectator July 19, 1945 -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Group Photo
Crew of Lancaster KB751 who perished August 17, 1944. Photo by Sgt Robert E. Toomey, Flight Engineer who was only survivor and taken prisoner on the Danish island Sejero. *** From left: Harry Slater (Bomb Aimer), Robert R. Boyce (Wireless Operator), William A. Lamb (Mid-upper Gunner), Leonard G. Brown (Navigator), William C. Fairgrieve (Pilot), Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley (Tail Gunner). Crewmate Robert E. Toomey (Flight Engineer) was sole survivor. *** Submitted by Claude D. Lafleur, son-in-law of Robert Toomey. Credit "Wartime Diary of Robert E. Toomey" website. -
Photo of WILLIAM ALEXANDER LAMB
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM ALEXANDER LAMB
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 358 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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