LAMB, Harold Victor
| Service Number: | 412150 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 June 1941, Enlisted at Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Royal Air Force - unspecified units |
| Born: | Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 1 August 1912 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sydney Morning Herald - Literary Department |
| Died: | Flying Battle, Atlantic Ocean, 17 January 1943, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ottawa Memorial Ontario, Canada Panel 3 Col 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne St. Paul's Cathedral Choir Boys Honour Roll WW2, Ottawa Memorial, Ontario, Canada |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, 412150 | |
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| 22 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 412150, Enlisted at Sydney | |
| 17 Jan 1943: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Sergeant, 412150, Royal Air Force - unspecified units, Battle of the Atlantic - RAN and RAAF Operations |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Barlow
Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express (transport derivative of the B-24 Liberator) 41-11708 of USAAF ATC (Royal Air Force Ferry Command) disappeared over the South Atlantic between Accra (Gold Coast, Africa) and Natal (Brazil, South America)
Pilot Officer Smithson 412730 and Sergeant Lamb 412150 were pilots working for RAF Ferry Command; ferrying American built aircraft across the South Atlantic to Africa and were passengers on this flight - their bodies were not recovered and they are commemorated on the Ottawa Memorial in Canada
A total of 13 British and 12 American airmen were lost in this incident including Air Commodore Desmond Herlouin De Burgh AFC RAF
Details from the book: "Ocean Bridge - the History of RAF Ferry Command"
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