The 36th Bomb Squadron was subordinated to the 8th Air Force |
36th Bomb Squadron insignia featured a radio operator
sending interference signals to the ground and the motto "RAFU"
[Radios All Fouled Up:] |
Plaque in tribute to crew members of the 36th Bomb
Squadron Radar Counter Measure Unit, 1944-1945 |
 Grave
marker for 2nd Lt Walter S. Lamson in Plot D, Row 6 Grave 32 of the
Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial
Coton, Cambridgeshire, England. His military awards include the
Purple Heart and the
Air Medal |
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Official Crew Photo
1st Lt. Norman Landberg, Sgt. John J. Witkowski, 2d Lt. Lloyd W.
Sanderlin, 2d Lt. Walter S. Lamson, Sgt Richard H. Klingman, Cpl
Lester L. Jones, Pfc Robert L. Dull, Pfc George E. Eberwine, Cpl
Leonard L. Smith
Walter Lamson is standing second from right and
Leonard Smith is kneeling at right end, others are not identified by
position in photo |
"I WALK ALONE"
B-24 Liberator R4-I #42-51219
[man sitting on jeep hood is unidentified]
The aircraft was part of the 36th Bomb Squadron Radar
Counter Measure (RCM) Unit based at RAF Cheddington. The
airfield was located 1 mile southwest of the town of Cheddington, Buckingham-shire,
England.
It crashed at nearby Ford End Farm. |
"I WALK ALONE"
official crash photo near Cheddington, England on November 15,1944
The mission that day was classified as "Other
Operations", Radio counter-measures, i.e., the dropping of chaff to
confuse enemy radar and jamming of radio signals.
Killed in the crash
were 2nd Lt. Walter S. Lamson (navigator) and Pfc Leonard Smith
(gunner) |
"I WALK ALONE"
official crash photos
In The
News:
Pilot account of crash
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