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Time Remaining To Bid: 64 days 17 hours 47 mins. 9 secs.
Item Will Close On Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 8:30:00 PM CST

Lot Number: 5936012

Category: L53 - Estate & Personal Collections

CAPT./LT.COL. WILLIAM LAMBERT PERSONAL ESTATE GROUPING

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Capt./Lt.Col. William C. (Bill) Lambert (August 18, 1894 – March 19, 1982) was an American fighter pilot who flew in World War I. He was probably the second-ranking American ace of World War I. He claimed 18 air-to-air victories, 8 fewer than "Ace of Aces" Eddie Rickenbacker and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.
He was born William Carpenter Lambert in Ironton, Ohio. On August 4, 1914, Britain declared war on Germany. Canada, as part of the British Empire, also went to war. American pilots who wanted to join the fight prior to America`s entry into the war in April 1917 enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps.
While working in Canada in 1915 he decided to join the Royal Flying Corps and completed his training in Toronto in October 1917. He joined No. 24 Squadron RFC in March 1918 and, between April and August, scored 18 victories (9 destroyed including 2 shared and 5 and 1 shared "out of control"). Suffering from combat fatigue, he was rotated back to England for medical leave but the war ended before he recovered.
After the war, Lambert joined the U. S. Air Service and served with the Army Air Forces in World War II. He retired in 1954 as a lieutenant colonel in the U. S. Air Force.

Grouping includes WWI three place ribbon bar, ruptured duck lapel device, AAF officers winged prop. collar device, oak leaf, capt. bars, british rank pip, sterling AAF Air Transport command DI, piece of medal ribbon and officers cap badge.

These items were obtained from the personal estate of Lt.Col.William Lambert by Mr.Block in 1975.   

For more information on this collection go to http://www.manions.com/block.htm  Condition: 7

Opening Bid Amount: $20

Current Bid Amount: $22 Total Bids: 2
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