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Bill Lambert : World War I flying ace / Samuel J. Wilson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wilson, Samuel J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lambert, Bill, 1894-1982.
- Lambert, Bill.
- Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Squadron, 24.
- Great Britain.
- Fighter pilots--United States--Biography.
- Fighter pilots.
- World War, 1914-1918--Aerial operations, British.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Ironton (Ohio)--Biography.
- Ironton (Ohio).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016.
- 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4766-2612-X
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