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LAMB, Charles

Personal Information
Rank Sgt
Forename(s) Charles James Joseph Whitton
Surname Lamb
Gender M
Age 19
Decorations
Date of death 13-03-1943
Next of kin Son of James Erica Whitton Lamb and Alice Bessie Lamb (née Smith), of Croydon, Surrey.
Aircraft Information
Aircraft Vickers Wellington III
Serial Number BJ756
Markings KO-Q
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country United Kingdom
Burial/Memorial Place Runnymede Memorial
Grave Reference Panel 156..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 195
Enlistment information
Service Number 1295572
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 3
Squadron 115
Trade WOp/AG
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Fellow Servicemen
Akrill W E (Sgt)
Collings L G (Sgt)
Fallon L P (Sgt)
Moffatt C M (F/S)
Last Operation information
Start Date 12-03-1943
End Date 13-03-1943
Takeoff Station East Wretham
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Essen. 457 aircraft, 23 losses (5.0%). PFF marked using Oboe. Very accurate bombing over the Krupps factory. 500 homes also destroyed. German authorities also reported damage and deaths in neighbouring towns.
Reason for Loss Shot down by a Bf.110 night-fighter flown by Lt. Oskar Köstler of 10./NJG1 and crashed into the IJsselmeer