BOB LAMBOURNE
1947 - 1976
PILOT
SLC DEN


Check GOLDEN AGE OF FLYING book by Tex Searle.
Bob is mentioned in it.
-Jake Lamkins
(10/20/04)

R. P. Lambourne
#31 with seniority date of 7/1/47 on the 9/1/55 FL/ALPA seniority list.
He was #23 on the 9/1/72 seniority list.
In 17 years, he moved up 8 notches.
-Jake Lamkins
(7/25/06)

ROBERT P LAMBOURNE
90	AURORA	CO 
-US Search
(7/25/06)
	
LAMBOURNE, FRANCES ANNE 
Frances Anne, 89, is survived by her husband of seventy years, Robert and her children Harry, Michelle and Cherie. 
A Celebration of Anne's Life will take place Monday, May 8, 2006, 1:00 p.m. 
at Calvary Baptist Church, at Hampden and So. Monaco Parkway in Denver.
-Denver Newspaper Agency on 5/5/2006.

Posted at the FL Club:
Bob Lambourne, an aviation pioneer!
Robert P. Lambourne started with Challenger Airlines on 7/1/47.
By 1955 he was #23 on the pilot seniority list.
17 years later he had moved up 8 notches to #23.
He retired in 1976 and lives today in Aurora CO, aged 90.
Bob lost his wife of 70 years last May - Frances Anne was 89.
I mention all this because today I got a letter from Bob re-newing his newsletter subscription for TWO years!
-Jake Lamkins
(7/25/06)

Thank you for all your emails and messages while I'm in the VA Hospital.  
I'm doing better and hope to be home soon.
Check 6.
-Bob Lambourne
(4/12/07)

Hi Bob,
I'm glad to hear you hanging in there.
I hope you are home and well real soon.
-Jake Lamkins
(4/12/07)

With regret, to inform you of the Gone West of Capt. Bob Lambourne, 11-8-07
No details at this time.
Regretfully,
-Ace Avakian
(11/8/07)

Few people know about Bob Lambourne.  
Bob attended the University of Utah on a track scholarship. 
After marriage, both he and his wife moved to Los Angeles 
where he ran track and majorerd in electrical engineering at the Univ. of Southern Calif.  
He gave up an opportunity to qualify for the Olympics to become a pilot.  
Before the U.S.entered WWII, he moved to Canada and joined the RCAF. 
After training and receiving his commission, he flew Spitfires in the Battle of Britain.  
When the U.S. entered the war, he flew  P-38's and C47's when he transferred to the Eagle Squadron. 
He was commissioned a Major in the Air Corps and flew for the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). 
He was shot down while on a mission delivering top-secret documents.  
After bailing out over enemy territory, he escaped with the help of the French Underground.  
He was highly decorated by the U.S., Canadian, British and French governments. 
He also was a member of the Caterpillar Club.  
-Ace Avakian
(11/12/07)
More info on the Caterpillar Club at http://www.caterpillarclub.org/irvin/irvin.htm

From the FL oldest deceased list:
Bob Lambourne, SLC pilot, 11/8/07, age 91
2-28-1916 - 11-8-2007
91 yrs, 8 mos, 11 days
#14 on list
-Jake Lamkins
(11/19/07)

Thanks to you Jake and all the Frontier Pilots who have remembered Dad. 
-Harry and Cherie Lambourne 
(11/20/07)

Great hearing from yall.
Your dad's subscription to the Frontier newsletter is paid til Jul 2008.
Let me know where to mail it.
He will have a write-up in the January issue.
I hope to have his memorial webpage at the Frontier website finished soon.
He will live on in our hearts and in cyberspace too.
-Jake Lamkins
(11/20/07)

Thanks for remembering my Dad.
-Harry Lambourne
(10/6/10)

Photographs from 1963 and 1968
reprinted with permission from the book
FROM THE COCKPIT TO THE GALLEY
by Bonnie C. Dahl and Patty A. McNeill.
-Jake Lamkins
(3/31/17)

FLacebook - FL Club
FLight West: Bob Lambourne
SLC DEN pilot Bob Lambourne's memorial webpage has been updated at
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Bob_Lambourne.html
Several items added and the webpage spruced up.
-Jake Lamkins
(4/1/17)

Loved Bob, he was funny & a good pilot!
-Bonnie Dahl 
(4/4/17)