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commissioned and during World War I became an Ace, with 8 official victories to his credit.
After the war he returned to the Unites States following a long and excellent war record in Europe. Soon after his return he joined the Air Mail Service, where he remained into 1920. During that time he had one bad smashup where he crashed in a forced landing near Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, while enroute from New York to Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. The plane was demolished, but fortunately Lamb escaped serious injury. While in the Air Mail Service he obtained United States F.A.I. Expert Flying License No. 117 in New York. 
During that time he also did some test and instruction flying for Horace Keane at Central Park, Long Island, New York.
After leaving the air mail he became Director of Aviation and Commander of Artillery and Machine Guns for the [[strikethrough]] Presidnet [[/strikethrough]] President of Honduras. His sphere of influence grew in Central American as he served as somewhat of an Air Courier for Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru. In 1921 he made the first flight across Central America, from San Pedro Sula to Tegucigalpa, flying over an 11,000 foot range of mountains. 
These activities continued until 1926 when Lamb returned to the Unites States where through 1927 he was Presidnet of the Lovejoy Aviation School at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, using Canuck planes. 
In 1928 Lamb was pilot-salesman for Air Associates at Curtiss [[strikethrough]] Fieldm [[/strikethrough]] Field, Long Island.
In 1935 and 1936 Lamb was test pilot for the Vertoplane Corporation of New York them in 193801939 he was President of the Larga Company, an [[strikethrough]] aircrafte [[/strikethrough]] aircraft export firm. 
During World War II he served with the United States Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel.
Lamb was a member of the Early Birds and recieved numerous foreign decorations and awards for military service. He passed away at Tucson, Arizona, in November, 1955, at age 69.