World War I fighter pilot William C. Lambert of Ironton, Ohio, flew for the British Royal Air Force in 1918. When he left the Western Front in August, he had 22 victories--then the most achieved by any American pilot. (By the time of the Armistice in November, his total was surpassed by Eddie Rickenbacker, the former race car driver from Columbus, Ohio, with 26 victories.) Lambert survived the war and lived into his eighties, unwilling until late in life to seek public acclaim for his war record. This book examines his life and the wartime experiences that defined it.
World War I fighter pilot William C. Lambert of Ironton, Ohio, flew for the British Royal Air Force in 1918. When he left the Western Front in August, he had 22 victories--then the most achieved by any American pilot. (By the time of the Armistice in November, his total was surpassed by Eddie Rickenbacker, the former race car driver from Columbus, Ohio, with 26 victories.) Lambert survived the war and lived into his eighties, unwilling until late in life to seek public acclaim for his war record. This book examines his life and the wartime experiences that defined it.
Samuel J. Wilson is a professor of history at the University of Rio Grande in Rio Grande, Ohio.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments viii Preface Introduction One-The Birth of Aviation and the Road to War Two-From Ironton to Canada Three-Training Four-Entering the Air War Five-Spring 1918 Six-Summer: June 1918 Seven-Moving into Autumn: July 1918 Eight-Leave and Return Nine-Return to the War Ten-Leaving the War Eleven-Barnstorming Days Twelve-Life Between the Wars Thirteen-Lambert in World War II and Afterward Fourteen-Lambert and Friends: The Book Gets Published Fifteen-Lambert as Artist Sixteen-The Lambert They Knew Seventeen-The Rediscovered Ace Eighteen-The Final Years Epilogue Appendix: The Numbers Game Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments viii Preface Introduction One-The Birth of Aviation and the Road to War Two-From Ironton to Canada Three-Training Four-Entering the Air War Five-Spring 1918 Six-Summer: June 1918 Seven-Moving into Autumn: July 1918 Eight-Leave and Return Nine-Return to the War Ten-Leaving the War Eleven-Barnstorming Days Twelve-Life Between the Wars Thirteen-Lambert in World War II and Afterward Fourteen-Lambert and Friends: The Book Gets Published Fifteen-Lambert as Artist Sixteen-The Lambert They Knew Seventeen-The Rediscovered Ace Eighteen-The Final Years Epilogue Appendix: The Numbers Game Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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