Leonard Preston Lambert Jr

Military ROLL OF HONOUR
media-15416.jpeg UPL 15416 Memorial at Taverham Mill Fisheries. Remains of the aircraft are still in the lake.

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Photo taken 14 July 2014, Laurie Atkins

Object Number - UPL 15416 - Memorial at Taverham Mill Fisheries. Remains of the aircraft are still in the lake.

Joined Sqd 3/14/44. Killed in Action (KIA) 4/21/44 (Hamm). Pilot:Havens.



Killed when Pappy’s Chillun, B-24H #42-29418, crashed during assembly. ”It was the opinion of the investigating board that the airplane picked up too much ice, was forced into a stall, and from there into a spin, when it fell apart.” (44thbombgroup.com) The main body of the aircraft still lies in the lake at Taverham Mill. On 21 April 2001, 57 years after the crash, a memorial was dedicated on the property.

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Units served with

The insignia of the 44th Bomb Group.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment
B-24 Liberators of the 44th Bomb Group line up for takeoff at Shipdham in 1943. The 'Flying Eight-Ball' emblem of the 68th Bomb Squadron is visible on the nose of the leading aircraft. Image stamped with field press censor, 1943. Press Agency photograph- original printed caption has been removed.
  • Unit Hierarchy: Squadron
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
  • Nicknames: Turnip Termite, Pappy's Chillun
  • Unit: 44th Bomb Group 486th Bomb Group 68th Bomb Squadron 835th Bomb Squadron

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Lamesa, TX 79331, USA 16 May 1925

Enlisted

Abilene, TX, USA 2 November 1942

Died

Taverham Mill Lakes 21 April 1944

Buried

Plot C Row 5 Grave 17

Revisions

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Contributorjmoore43
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Added a "#" and a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.

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Find A Grave Memorial# 56291575
Personal recollection and information: http://forum.armyairforces.com/quotTurnip-TermitequotquotPappy39s-Chill…
http://www.usaafdata.com/
http://www.greenharbor.com/ROHPDF/ROHA44.pdf
American Battle Monuments Commission

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Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Webb Todd

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