St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
RAF Ferry Command aircrew flying in United States Army Air Force Air Transport Command Consolidated Liberator C-87 Express aircraft 41-11708 (as passengers) missing over the South Atlantic Ocean between Accra, Gold Coast and Natal, Brazil.
(RO) Sergeant HV Lamb (RAAF) among those missing and has no known grave. Please see Zoephel, PC for casualty list.
Lamb, Harold Victor (Sergeant)
Killed in Flying Accident 1943-January-17
Birth Date: 1912-August-01
Born:
Parents:
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Home: St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
Enlistment:
Enlistment Date: unkown date
Service
RAAF
Unit
ATC- Air Transport Command (USAAF)
Base
RAF Ferry Command Accra North Africa
Rank
Sergeant
Position
Radio Operator
Service Numbers
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Liberator Express 4111708
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Liberator Express serial: 4111708
(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3643737)
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Consolidated Liberator C Mk. VIT, RCAF (Serial No. 570), No. 168 (Heavy Transport) Squadron, based at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, 14 Nov 1944.
(Source Harold A Skaarup Web Page)
Consolidated Liberator C Mk. VIT, RCAF (Serial No. 570), No. 168 (Heavy Transport) Squadron, based at RCAF Station Rockcliffe, Ontario, 14 Nov 1944.
The Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express was a transport derivative of the B-24 Liberator heavy bomber built during World War II for the United States Army Air Forces. A total of 287 C-87s were built alongside the B-24 at the Consolidated Aircraft plant in Fort Worth, Texas. The plant also developed and delivered a USAAF flight engineer trainer designated as the AT-22, a United States Navy VIP transport designated as the RY, and a Royal Air Force VIP transport designated as the Liberator C.IX. The last development was a Navy contracted, single tail version with an extended fuselage. Built in San Diego, its USN designation was RY-3.
RCAF Consolidated Liberator C Mk. VI, Mk. VIT (B-24H/C-87), converted to transport aircraft. (10), (Serial Nos. 570, 571, 572, 573, 574, 575, 576, 577, 578, 579).Harold Skaarup web page and Wikipedia
Wikipedia Liberator Express Transport
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