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Son of William Alexander Lamb and Catherine Tosh Lamb, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
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Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Photo of aircrew.<P>
L to R: Slater, Lamb, Brown, Srigley, Boyce, Toomey, unknown.<P>
Photo provided by R. E. Toomey to Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com
Used with permission.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Left to right, RCAF 428 squadron, Lancaster X KB751 NA/Q crew:
Robert Boyce, Vancouver, Wireless Operator
William Lamb, Hamilton, Mid Upper Gunner
Robert Toomey, Ottawa, Flight Engineer
unknown spare pilot
Gordon Srigley, Vancouver, Tail Gunner
Harry “Slats” Slater, Toronto, Bomb Aimer<P>
Pilot William Fairgrieve is believed to have taken photograph. Via Toomey’s collection.
Robert Toomey was the only survivor of crash of KB751 near Sejero, Denmark. Sgt. Toomey taken prisoner to Stalag Luft VII, August 19, 1944.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Source Hamilton Spectator August 21, 1944
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Source Hamilton Spectator July 19, 1945
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Crew of Lancaster KB751 who perished August 17, 1944. Photo by Sgt Robert E. Toomey, Flight Engineer who was only survivor and taken prisoner on the Danish island Sejero.
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From left: Harry Slater (Bomb Aimer), Robert R. Boyce (Wireless Operator), William A. Lamb (Mid-upper Gunner), Leonard G. Brown (Navigator), William C. Fairgrieve (Pilot), Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley (Tail Gunner). Crewmate Robert E. Toomey (Flight Engineer) was sole survivor.
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Submitted by Claude D. Lafleur, son-in-law of Robert Toomey. Credit "Wartime Diary of Robert E. Toomey" website.
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb
From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Photo of aircrew.<P> L to R: Slater, Lamb, Brown, Srigley, Boyce, Toomey, unknown.<P> Photo provided by R. E. Toomey to Air War Over Denmark www.flensted.eu.com Used with permission.
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Left to right, RCAF 428 squadron, Lancaster X KB751 NA/Q crew: Robert Boyce, Vancouver, Wireless Operator William Lamb, Hamilton, Mid Upper Gunner Robert Toomey, Ottawa, Flight Engineer unknown spare pilot Gordon Srigley, Vancouver, Tail Gunner Harry “Slats” Slater, Toronto, Bomb Aimer<P> Pilot William Fairgrieve is believed to have taken photograph. Via Toomey’s collection. Robert Toomey was the only survivor of crash of KB751 near Sejero, Denmark. Sgt. Toomey taken prisoner to Stalag Luft VII, August 19, 1944.
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Source Hamilton Spectator August 21, 1944
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Source Hamilton Spectator July 19, 1945
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Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Pilot Officer William Alexander Lamb is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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Crew of Lancaster KB751 who perished August 17, 1944. Photo by Sgt Robert E. Toomey, Flight Engineer who was only survivor and taken prisoner on the Danish island Sejero. *** From left: Harry Slater (Bomb Aimer), Robert R. Boyce (Wireless Operator), William A. Lamb (Mid-upper Gunner), Leonard G. Brown (Navigator), William C. Fairgrieve (Pilot), Joseph Ralph Gordon Srigley (Tail Gunner). Crewmate Robert E. Toomey (Flight Engineer) was sole survivor. *** Submitted by Claude D. Lafleur, son-in-law of Robert Toomey. Credit "Wartime Diary of Robert E. Toomey" website.
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Hamilton Spectator c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Page 358 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL Surrey, United Kingdom
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometers by road west of London.
The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE
In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
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