The Squadron’s Operations Record Book shows that GF Lambert was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:
- 03/02/1943 Hamburg
- 04/02/1943 Turin
- 07/02/1943 Lorient
- 25/02/1943 Nuremberg
- 26/02/1943 Cologne
- 28/02/1943 St.Nazaire
- 01/03/1943 Berlin
- 03/03/1943 Hamburg
- 08/03/1943 Nuremberg (Incident)
- 11/03/1943 Stuttgart
- 12/03/1943 Essen
- 27/03/1943 Berlin
- 10/04/1943 Frankfurt (Failed to Return)
The following shows the composition of his crew on these sorties, along with the number of sorties undertaken by each airman as part of his crew (as recorded in the squadron’s Operations Record Book). Details of all flights (including training flights) will be recorded in their Flying Log Books:
(Pilot) | George Frank Lambert | 13 |
(Navigator) | Alfred Arthur Charles Bedward | 1 |
William Robert Francis Grierson-Jackson | 1 | |
Gordon Davidson Hogg | 2 | |
John Richard Jones | 3 | |
Ronald George Hands | 6 | |
(Air Bomber) | James Errol Philip Doll | 9 |
Ronald George Hands | 1 | |
Roy Wood | 1 | |
Vernon Reginald Matthews | 2 | |
(Wireless Operator) | Ronald Arnold Kempsell | 10 |
Herbert John Ross | 3 | |
(Air Gunner) | Reginald Albert Nason | 6 |
Samuel James Knight | 13 | |
(Flight Engineer) | Anthony Claude Beddoe | 13 |
Following the loss of his aircraft on 10th April 1943, GF Lambert evaded capture and returned to the UK on 24th February 1944
He returned to the squadron (via No. 405 Squadron) on 19th March 1944 and the Operations Record Book shows that he was the Captain of a 35 Squadron aircraft on the following sorties:
- 30/04/1944 Acheres
- 03/05/1944 Montdidier
- 07/05/1944 Nantes
- 08/05/1944 Haine-St.Pierre
- 10/05/1944 Lens
- 11/05/1944 Louvain
- 19/05/1944 Boulogne
- 21/05/1944 Duisburg
- 24/05/1944 Aachen
- 27/05/1944 Bourg Leopold
- 31/05/1944 Trappes
- 05/06/1944 Maisy
- 06/06/1944 Chateaudun
- 09/06/1944 Rennes
- 11/06/1944 Paris
- 15/06/1944 Fouillard
- 22/06/1944 Laon
- 04/07/1944 Villeneuve St.Georges (Failed to Return)
The following shows the composition of his crew on these sorties, along with the number of sorties undertaken by each airman as part of his crew (as recorded in the squadron’s Operations Record Book). Details of all flights (including training flights) will be recorded in their Flying Log Books:
(Pilot) | George Frank Lambert | 18 |
(Navigator) | Frank Salt | 18 |
(Air Bomber) | David Rotely Hall | 17 |
Patrick Moorhead | 1 | |
(Set Operator) | Patrick Moorhead | 17 |
(Wireless Operator) | Frank Desmond Round | 16 |
Leonard Stewart Thorpe | 2 | |
(Air Gunner) | Cedric Alexander Fraser-Petherbridge | 17 |
Francis Emanuel O’Connell | 1 | |
James Arthur Wynn | 1 | |
John Grant Cooke | 17 | |
(Flight Engineer) | Robert James Goode | 18 |
Posting Dates
Lambert | George Frank | In From: | 76 Squadron | 28/01/1943 |
Out to: | Evader | 10/04/1943 | ||
In From: | 405 Squadron | 19/03/1944 | ||
Out to: | War Casualty | 04/07/1944 |