Robert R Lampman
Military ROLL OF HONOURRobert R Lampman served as a pilot with the 352nd Fighter Group. He started flying with the Group in June 1944 and was lost just a month later. Returning from a mission to Munich, he aircraft ran out of fuel over the North Sea and wasn't seen again.
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Fighter
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: P-51 Mustang
- Nicknames: La Riena Peg
- Unit: 352nd Fighter Group 328th Fighter Squadron
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Royal Air Force Bodney
Events
Event | Location | Date | Description |
---|---|---|---|
Other Commissioned (COMM) |
7 January 1944 | ||
Other Assigned |
18 June 1944 | ||
Other Missing in Action (MIA) |
North Sea | 21 July 1944 | Went missing over the North Sea |
Born |
Oil City, Pennsylvania, USA | ||
Enlisted |
California, USA | Exact date not yet known | |
Buried |
Commemorated on the Wall of the Missing |
Revisions
Brought in information from a duplicate record. Source:
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 6839
ABMC record: https://www.abmc.gov/node/541069#.VlWuV01FCM8
Eyewitness account of the last man to see Lampman before he went missing: https://fold3.com/image/29099251?terms=robert%20lampman
pg.250 of 'Fighter Group: The 352nd "Blue-Nosed Bastards" in World War II' by Jay A. Stout
pg76 of '352nd Fighter Group' by Tom Ivie
MACR 6839 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database / Ted Damick, VIII Fighter Command pilots list