Date of birth:

1920 (Lancashire)

Date of death:

May 28th, 1944

Buried on:

Commonwealth War Graves Antwerp Schoonselhof
Plot: IVa. Row: E. Grave: 7.

Service number:

148827

Nationality:

British (1801-present, Kingdom)

Kenneth Lambert was Flight Engineer with RAF Bomber Command.
He was posted at No.640 Squadron RAF (Leconfield) when on May 28th, 1944 Halifax LK865 was airborne 23:56 hrs 27.04.1944 from Leconfield, tasked to bomb the military camp at Bourg-Leopold. The aircraft was shot down by a night-fighter, crashing 02:28 hrs near the port of Antwerp.
Also on board was Flying Officer Williams
Of the seven men on board, three men were killed, four men survived the war as PoW.

Promotions:
June 7th, 1943: Pilot Officer (probation/emergency)
December 7th, 1943: Flying Officer (probation/war sub)

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• - Second Supplement to The London Gazette Issue 36248 published on the 12 November 1943
  - Unit Histories
  - Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  

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