Gerald Lamb
He was a junior clerk in 1939.
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He was the son of Harold and Alice Lamb and the brother of Marjorie Lamb of 37, Connaught Street, Denman Street, Radford, Nottingham.
SAGE WAR CEMETERY 3. D. 4. Germany
Lancaster l PD341 took off 1726 15 Oct 1944 from Tuddenham. Hit by Kriegsmarine Flak and crashed 2005 onto open ground 4 km N of the village of Lutetsburg and 3 km ENE of Norden in NW Germany. No survivors. Fatalities: Lamb (AG), FA Claydon (P), E Ramsbottom (FE), J Cooling (N), CL Pollard (W/Op), N Buckby (AB), LA Andrews (AG).
Eighteen 90 Squadron Lancasters (17 returning safely) were part of a 506 aircraft attack, 15th/16th October 1944, on Wilhelmshaven, a major enemy naval base. The force consisted of 257 Halifaxes, 241 Lancasters and 8 Mosquitoes. It was the last of 14 raids against the port which had begun in 1941. Severe damage was reported to business and residential areas with 30 people killed and 92 injured. Overall, Wilhelmshaven seems to have escaped relatively lightly, according to Middlebrook and Everitt - 'In 26 RAF and American raids, only 510 civilians and 24 servicemen and 30 foreign workers were killed.'
Sources : 90 Sqdn ORB, Record of Events, October 1944 (TNA Air 27/ 732/20) & Middlebrook and Everitt, Bomber Command War Diaries p. 603.
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Gerald Lamb
Nottingham Evening Post 3/4/1945