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Coltishall in February 1942 as Senior Navigator. The squadron flew to Gibraltar on 14 November and to Algiers the next day. Lammer assisted in the destruction of a He 111 and two Cant Z 1007's on 6 December, flying with S/L JH Player. On 15 and 17 December two Ju 88's were destroyed, flying with
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Loughborough, Lammer went on a gunnery course at 9 BGS, Penrhos in April 1940. He joined No. 254 Squadron at Bircham Newton on 4 May and was
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Squadron Leader i/c Radar and Navigation at 62 OTU, Ouston in September 1943. He was awarded a Bar to the DFC on 29 October 1943. He spent the rest of the war as a radio navigator instructor at
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Command), flying in Hudsons on convoy escort duty. In early July 1940 Lammer was posted to 5 OTU, Aston Down, and converted to Defiants before joining
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