Leonard Preston Lambert Jr
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
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Photo taken 14 July 2014, Laurie Atkins
Object Number - UPL 15416 - Memorial at Taverham Mill Fisheries. Remains of the aircraft are still in the lake.
Joined Sqd 3/14/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 4/21/44 (Hamm). Pilot:Havens.
Killed when Pappy’s Chillun, B-24H #42-29418, crashed during assembly. ”It was the opinion of the investigating board that the airplane picked up too much ice, was forced into a stall, and from there into a spin, when it fell apart.” (44thbombgroup.com) The main body of the aircraft still lies in the lake at Taverham Mill. On 21 April 2001, 57 years after the crash, a memorial was dedicated on the property.
Connections
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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
- Nicknames: Turnip Termite, Pappy's Chillun
- Unit: 44th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Lamesa, TX 79331, USA | 16 May 1925 | |
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Enlisted |
Abilene, TX, USA | 2 November 1942 | |
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Died |
Taverham Mill Lakes | 21 April 1944 | |
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Buried |
Plot C Row 5 Grave 17 |
Revisions
Added a "#" and a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Find A Grave Memorial# 56291575
Personal recollection and information: http://forum.armyairforces.com/quotTurnip-TermitequotquotPappy39s-Chill…
http://www.usaafdata.com/
http://www.greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROHA44.pdf
American Battle Monuments Commission
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd
