Lambert, Frederick Walter
Personal Information
Rank | F/S |
Forename(s) | Frederick Walter |
Surname | Lambert |
Gender | M |
Age | 21 |
Decorations | |
Date of Death | 23-04-1944 |
Next of Kin | Son of Walter and Jessie Julia Frances Lambert, of West Byfleet, Surrey. |
Aircraft Information
Aircraft | Short Stirling III |
Serial Number | EH942 |
Markings | HA-M |
Memorial Information
Burial/Memorial Country | France |
Burial/Memorial Place | Vivieres Communal Cemetery |
Grave Reference | Joint grave 8. |
Epitaph | SAFE IN THE ARMS OF JESUS, SAFE ON HIS GENTLE BREAST DAD, AUNT AND BROTHER DEN |
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase | 2 |
Panel Number | 196 |
Enlistment Information
Service Number | 1387055 |
Service | Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve |
Group | 3 |
Squadron | 218 (Gold Coast) |
Trade | Air Gunner |
Country of Origin | United Kingdom |
Other Memorials
Location | St. Mary's Church, Bexwell, Norfolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | Inscribed Stone Tablet |
Memorial Text | In memory of the squadrons based at R.A.F. Downham Market and those who have their lives during the 1939 - 1945 war |
Location | All Saints Church, Chedburgh, Suffolk |
Country | United Kingdom |
Memorial Type | RoH and Sqn Crest |
Memorial Text | Roll of Honour and scroll remembering the members of the Royal and Polish Air Forces who served at RAF Chedburgh 1942 - 1946 |
Miscellaneous Information
The five surviving crew members all successfully evaded capture |
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The National Archives
Fellow Servicemen
Last Operation Information
Start Date | 22-04-1944 |
End Date | 23-04-1944 |
Takeoff Station | Woolfox Lodge |
Day/Night Raid | Night (0% moon) |
Operation | Laon- to bomb railway yards. 181 aircraft, 9 losses (5.0%). A two-wave attack that caused much damage to the railway yards. |
Reason for Loss | Shot down by a night-fighter and crashed SW of Soissons, France |