John Harvey Lambert Jr
Military
L-R: Lt Richard Lewis, Sgt Homer M Bagby, 2Lt Martin J Licursi, Unknown, Sgt Arthur Engleheart, T/Sgt Russell R Ahlgren, Sgt Paul F Chabula, Lt Elseworth P Kenyon, 2Lt Thomas H Davies, S/Sgt John H Lambert Jr.
Object Number - UPL 35402 - "Lt. Kenyon and crew of the 305th Bomb Group at their base In England. 7 Sept. 1943." - Seen here after ditching B-17 42-30004. L-R: Lt Richard...
Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Aboard B-17 42-30004 when it ditched in English channel on 6-Sep-43. Returned to base. RTD
Awards: AM, PH, WWII Victory, EAME.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 364th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 16023564 / O-2044663
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot / Co-Pilot
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group
Places
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Unadilla, GA | 20 November 1921 | Son of John Harvey Sr and Claudie Luisa [Purvis] Lambert. |
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Enlisted |
Camp Forrest, TN | 9 September 1942 | Camp Forrest, Tennessee |
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Died |
Flat Rock, AL | 25 May 2002 | |
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Buried |
Pinehaven Memorial Gardens Hollywood, Jackson County, AL | Pinehaven Memorial Gardens Hollywood, Jackson County, Alabama | |
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Based |
Chelveston | Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. | |
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Other Hospitalised |
Hospitalised (WIA) 20mm shell fragment Oct-43. RTD | ||
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Other Hospitalised |
Hospitalised - Diagnosis withheld, line of duty. Discharged RTD Jan-44. |
Revisions
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https://www.fold3.com/record/84069113/john-h-lambert-jr-wwii-army-enlis…
https://www.fold3.com/record/702699539/lambert-john-h-us-wwii-hospital-…
https://www.fold3.com/record/704204208/lambert-john-h-us-wwii-hospital-…
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/127836294/john-harvey-lambert
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Roll of Honor, Losses of the 8th & 9th AFs Vol. I by Bishop & Hey p. 270