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Bill Lambert : World War I flying ace /

"World War I fighter pilot William C. Lambert of Ironton, Ohio, flew for the R.A.F. in 1918. Lambert left the Western Front in August with 22 victories--then the most achieved by any American pilot. This book examines his life and the wartime experiences that defined it"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wilson, Samuel J., 1956
Published: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,
Publisher Address: Jefferson, North Carolina :
Publication Dates: [2016]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Lambert, Bill, > 1894-1982
Great Britain. > Royal Air Force. > Squadron, 24
Fighter pilots > United States > Biography
World War, 1914-1918 > Aerial operations, British
Ironton Ohio > Biography
Summary: "World War I fighter pilot William C. Lambert of Ironton, Ohio, flew for the R.A.F. in 1918. Lambert left the Western Front in August with 22 victories--then the most achieved by any American pilot. This book examines his life and the wartime experiences that defined it"--
Carrier Form: ix, 266 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-257) and index.
ISBN: 9781476664675
1476664676
Index Number: D602
CLC: K837.125.2
Call Number: K837.125.2/L222W
Contents: The birth of aviation and the road to war -- From Ironton to Canada -- Training -- Entering the air war -- Spring 1918 -- Summer: June 1918 -- Moving into autumn: July 1918 -- Leave and return -- Return to the war -- Leaving the war -- Barnstorming days -- Life between the wars -- Lambert in World War II and afterward -- Lambert and friends: the book gets published -- Lambert as artist -- The Lambert they knew -- The rediscovered ace -- The final years.

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