Lawrence A Hambel
Military ROLL OF HONOURKIA. Flew 26 combat missions. Shot down on mission to Halle, Germany, and crashed at Westerode in B-24 42-50374. Murdered by the Gestapo after becoming POW for less than a day near Bad Harzburg, Germany on 7 Jul 1944.
Purple Heart; Air Medal w/ 3 Oak Leaf Clusters; Presidential Unit Citation
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Unit: 389th Bomb Group 566th Bomb Squadron
Related media
- Media Type: Document
- Collection Name: William L Beigel Collection
- Object Number: Document 22351
- Description: Extract from Individual Deceased Personnel File (IDPF) for Technical Sergeant Lawrence A Hambel of the 389th Bomb Group researched by historian Bill...
Events
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Revisions
Added " / " in the "Role/job" field as a separator to aid readability.
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 7364 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Relative, MACR 7364, Military Records, IDPF, "A Mission of Honor: A Journey for Truth for Two Missing in Action Uncles" by D.J. Henry,