2nd Lieutenant Archibald Rhea Turk Hambright, #O-795241 US Army Air Forces, was born on the 29th of August 1920 in Bell County, Kentucky. He was the son of Edward W. and Lila H. Leech Hambright. He had a brother, Edward W. Hambright.

He was a Navigator assigned to the 409th Bomber Squadron, 93rd Bomb Group, Heavy, flying from Hardwick, England aboard B-24D-20 42-63987, in the air campaign against Germany.



The last mission was against an aircraft factory at the Solingen Steelworks. After the bomb run his bomber was shot down approximately 1 Km south of Herresback, Belgium, on the 1st of December 1943, and he was killed in action. He was interred at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery, H,15,69, Belgium. He was 23 years old.

Awards include the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Purple Heart