Air Mail Service Began:
January 3, 1921
Air Mail Service Ended:
January 31, 1921
Assignments:
College Park, Maryland
- Courtesy of the Air Mail Pioneers
W. C. Lambert's airmail flying career was remarkably short, lasting less than one month. While his airmail career was unexceptional, Lambert had achieved great success earlier during the first World War. As a pilot for the Royal Air Force, 24th Squadron, Lambert earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. According to the citation, "he has destroyed six enemy machines and driven down four others out of control, displaying at all times dash and determination. On one occasion, when attacked by two Fokker biplanes, he drove down one, engaged the other at twenty yards range and crashed it to earth."
