Ralph Edwin Lamma
Military ROLL OF HONOUR
Object Number - UPL 79547 - 1st Lt Ralph E. Lamma
Assigned to 579BS, 392BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 13-Nov-43 in B-24 42-7561 'Mac's Sack', Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 1554
Awards: PH.
Connections
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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: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 13028352
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Radio Operator, Radio Operator Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14047790
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Tail Gunner
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 14040652
- Highest Rank: Staff Sergeant
- Role/Job: Waist Gunner
Aircraft
- Aircraft Type: B-24 Liberator
- Nicknames: Mac's Sack
- Unit: 392nd Bomb Group 579th Bomb Squadron
Places
- Site type: Cemetery
- Site type: Airfield
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
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Born |
Massillon, Stark County, Ohio | 23 May 1919 | BornMassillon, Stark County, Ohio |
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Enlisted |
Washington, District Of Columbia | 3 September 1941 | EnlistedWashington, District Of Columbia |
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Other Married |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church Albany, Georgia | 5 June 1942 | Married Ruth M. Haston St. Paul's Episcopal Church Albany, Georgia While in Pilot training at Turner Field in Albany |
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Died Killed in Action (KIA) |
Oldenburg, Germany | 13 November 1943 | Killed in Action (KIA)Oldenburg, Germany |
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Buried |
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia | 1 January 1949 | Re-InterredArlington National CemeteryArlington, Virginia |
Revisions
https://www.fold3.com/sub-image/127172751
https://www.fold3.com/memorial/638750068/ralph-e-lamma
https://www.fold3.com/sub-image/299496966?terms=e,ralph,lamma
https://www.fold3.com/record/83755323/ralph-e-lamma-us-wwii-army-enlistment-records-1938-1946
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/109052327/ralph-edwin-lamma
Added a "-" to the A/C serial number in the "Summary biography" to aid clarity & consistency.
Ralph Winter, son research at b24.net, National Archives, Family records
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 1554 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database
