Robert N Lambert
MilitaryAssigned to 96BS, 2BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Oswiecim, Poland 20-Aug-44; shot down by enemy aircraft, A/C crashed Balassog, Hungary. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 11699
Awards: AM (OLC), POW, PH, EAME, WWII Victory.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Twelfth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Silver Streak
- Unit: 96th Bomb Squadron 2nd Bomb Group
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Nicknames: Old Bird
- Unit: 2nd Bomb Group 96th Bomb Squadron 483rd Bomb Group 815th Bomb Squadron
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Site type: Prisoner of war camp
- Known as: Stalag 344
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
30 June 1920 | ||
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Prisoner of war Prisoner of War (POW) |
Stalag VIIB, Moosburg, Austria | 20 August 1944 - 1 May 1945 | Prisoner of War (POW) Stalag VIIB |
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Died |
23 February 2008 | ||
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Buried |
Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Rhode Island | 26 February 2008 | Interred Rhode Island Veterans Memorial Cemetery Exeter, Washington County, Rhode Island |
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