Lester C Rambo

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-20447.png UPL 20447 Official USAAF photo 23099 AC. Original caption : “Left to Right:
Sgt. Walter C. Race, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Sgt. Leslie C. Rambo, Mattoon, Wisc. ; Sgt Richard G. Ryan, Peabody, Mass.; Sgt Joseph W. Sanders, Amarillo, Tex.; S/Sgt James N. Thomas, Mebane, N. C.”
(Awards ceremony in Cairo, Egypt – photo sent on 3 March 1943 by Lt. Tom Prideaux, from 9th Combat Camera Unit, Cairo, Egypt.) – Note : Rambo’s correct first name is Lester, not Leslie.

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Object Number - UPL 20447 - Official USAAF photo 23099 AC. Original caption : “Left to Right: Sgt. Walter C. Race, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Sgt. Leslie C. Rambo, Mattoon, Wisc. ;...

Lester Rambo was Ball Turret gunner on B-24 #41-24025 'Satan's Chariot' on the 31 March 1943 mission to Rotterdam. The plane was last seen heading for England and was lost in the North Sea. Killed in Action (KIA). Still listed as Missing In Action (MIA)

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Units served with

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 34179394
  • Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Waist Gunner
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12032379 and O-660421
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 18001342 and O-435716
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 93rd Bomb Group 409th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 17030885
  • Highest Rank: Technical Sergeant
  • Role/Job: Engineer / Top Turret Gunner

Aircraft

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Enlisted

Wausau, Wisconsin, United States 3 January 1942 as a Private in the Air Corps

Other

Missing In Action (MIA)

31 March 1943 On board B-24 # 41-24025 when it was lost in the North Sea

Born

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Shawano County, Wisconsin, United States

Other

Memorialized

Cambridge American Cemetery And Memorial, Coton, Cambridge, United Kingdom Memorialized on the Tablets of the Missing at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial

Revisions

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Sources

NARA WWII Enlistment records
ABMC website

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ABMC, Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. 1 by Bishop and Hey, p. 94, Ted's Travelling Circus by Carroll (Cal) Stewart, p. 89 / Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia

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