Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Group Photo – April 1944, the original "Bob' Lamb's Crew" formed up at #24 A.T.U. Honeybourne in December 1943. They finished the course together and flew an Operation on March 1, 1944, dropping Leaflets over Chatres, France in a Whitley Bomber, while shot at by a Fighter. They started the last Course, H.C.U. #1666 at Wombleton, when Wallace Oatway was Hospitalized. The rest joined 426 Squadron and flew Operations until they crashed. A month later Wally Oatway was on Leave from 424 Squadron sitting in the York Train Station, when his replacement "Phil" Longley walked over and told him the story. From Top Row L-R, top: Bob Kipfer Wireless-Survived, Bob Mallalue Navigator-Survived, P/O Wallace Oatway Air Bomber-(survived the War), P/O Robert Lamb Pilot-Killed. Bottom Row L-R, P/O Norman Kingslay Robinson RAF Engineer-Killed, Sgt. William Baker Wright Rear Gunner-Killed, Sgt. Albert AJ Willis Upper Gunner-Killed. (Phil Longley not in photo)

Memorial – Pilot Officer Robert Arthur Lamb is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Pilot Officer Robert Arthur Lamb is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

Photo of ROBERT ARTHUR LAMB – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Document – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me