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Peter Gilbert Lamb joined 610 Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force in early 1938. Lamb was called to full-time service with the squadron in late October 1939.
F/Lt. J Ellis
P/O JG Lecky, Sgt. HR Clarke, Sgt. LR Carter, F/O CH Bacon, P/O GGF Draper, P/O BW Brown, Sgt. AC Baker, Sgt. WJ Corbin, P/O WA Douglas, Sgt. FG Horner
P/O AE Davies, F/Lt. PG Lamb, Sgt. RF Hamlyn, F/O COJ Pegge, P/O DE Mileham, F/Lt. ILMcG Hallam, F/O PJ Davies-Cooke, F/Lt. SC Norris, F/Lt. EBB Smith, Sgt. J Murray, Sgt. P Ward-Smith, F/Lt. DS Wilson
On 3rd July 1940 he shared a Do17, on 24th August and 26th he claimed Me109’s destroyed, on the 29th a Me110 and on the 30th a He111.
Lamb was posted away from the squadron on 28th October 1940. He was awarded the AFC (gazetted 26th October 1943) and released from the RAF in 1945 as a Squadron Leader.
In June 1946 he began to reform 610 Squadron at Hooton Park, it having been disbanded on 3rd March 1945. Lamb commanded the squadron from 31st July 1946 to March 1950.
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