Harry Leslie Lamb was born April 8th 1920 in Erie, Pennsylvania. He passed of natural causes on March 30th 2015 in Fairfax Virginia. He was the son of Harry Rollison Lamb and Mary Louise Supiran-Hadsell-Smith, both of Erie Pennsylvania. His father died when he was 3 years old and his mother married Claude Hadsell on March 8th 1924. He briefly went by the name Harry Hadsell and lived in New York until returning to Erie in 1929. While in Erie he often lived with his older sister, Dorothy Lamb Zefferer who was like a mother to him. He graduated from Academy High School in Erie Pennsylvania in the class of 1939. In September, 1939 he enlisted in the US Army Air Corps and became a weather observer and aircraft mechanic. When World War II broke out he was selected for flight training, was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant and received his navigator wings in August 1943. He was assigned to the 450th Bomb Group, 720th Squadron, Manduia, Italy and was the navigator on his 10 man, B-24H crew in their aircraft called “The Joker.” He flew 22 combat missions during the war. On April 5th 1944, his aircraft, along with 39 others from the 450th Bomb Group, departed on a raid of the Ploesti marshaling yards and industrial area in Romania. Five of the Groups B-24’s were shot down, including Harry’s. His aircraft was hit by ground fired artillery and machine guns fired by German ME-190 fighters and was downed. Harry and all but 2 of his crewmates bailed out and were captured and interned in a German prison camp in Bucharest Romania. He was liberated from the prison camp on September 1st 1944, was flown to Italy and later returned to the United States as a repatriated POW. He flew several missions in the Pacific theater as part of the Air Transport Command before returning to Wright-Patterson AFB where he was discharged from the Army Air Corps on Oct 11th 1945. Harry attended the Pennsylvania State University in Jun 1946 and worked as a waiter and dishwasher until his graduation in Jun 1948 when he was awarded a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics. In 1949, he moved to Washington DC where he attended and worked at Georgetown University and received his Master’s Degree in Economics in 1952. He worked for the Central Intelligence Agency from 1951 to 1958. On September 20th 1954 he married the former Gloria Jacqueline Aucker of Rimersburg, Pennsylvania. They had three children, Michael Reed Lamb, Laura Marie Lamb, and Craig Rollison Lamb. He worked for the Department of the Navy from 1958-1961 and then joined the Federal Aviation Administration later in 1961. In 1966, while assigned to the Federal Aviation Administration, the family moved to Panama where he helped various Central and South American countries plan airports. The family returned to Falls Church VA in 1966 where they made their home until 2004. They were members of the congregation of Redeemer Lutheran Church in McLean VA. In 2004 Harry and Gloria moved to The Virginian in Fairfax VA. Harry was an avid fan of the arts, taking courses in art history. He enjoyed painting in watercolors, charcoal, and acrylics, taking many classes and selling some paintings to the public. He was also an avid photographer specializing in black and white photography, developing film and making prints in his own darkroom. In 1982 he retired after 36 years from federal service as a GM-15 from the Federal Aviation Administration. After retirement Harry took on part time jobs and became involved in the American Ex-Prisoner of War (AXPOW) organization where he served for a time as the Commander of the Bill Rolen Memorial Chapter, the 450th Bomb Group Association, and a member of the American Legion Post 270 in McLean VA. He attended many WWII, AXPOW, 450th BG and the Association of Former Prisoners of War in Romania events and reunions. Harry and Gloria once hosted Princess Catherine Olympia Caradja of Romania who traveled the United States after the war to visit with former Romania POWs. Harry is preceded in death by his beloved wife, Gloria Jacqueline Lamb on September 19th 2004 and his sister, Dorothy Lamb Zefferer on Jul 13th 1986. He is survived by his son, Michael Reed Lamb and his wife, Deborah Cogle Lamb, and their two children, Megan Elizabeth Lamb and Alyson Reed Lamb; his daughter, Laura Marie Lamb Wickline and her husband, John Wickline and their daughter, Natalie Rose Wickline; and his son, Craig Rollison Lamb and his wife Connie Kuniko Lamb Kuramoto. Harry will be inurned at Arlington National Cemetery with full military honors. A memorial will be held at a future date.