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would reload his pistol from {shells in his belt, crossed out}, holding the gun between his legs and flying with the other hand. No hits were recorded but these were probably the first aerial dogfights. {on record. crossed out} At that time Lamb was also dropping bombs on troop movements and staging areas. These bombs were made from pieces of iron {water crossed out} pipe, using blasting powder or dynamite, and dynamite caps. Toward the end of the year his plane was baldy in need of an overhaul so Lamb returned to the United States.   
He then went to England and joined the Royal Engineers. [[strikethrough]]  where [[strikethrough]] In 1915 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and served on the French and Belgian fronts and in late 1915 he obtained a French Flying License, No. 242.  In October, 1917, he was commissioned and during World War I became an [[strikethrough]] ACE [[strikethrough]] Ace, with [[strikethrough]] [[??]] [[strikethrough]] official victories to his credit.
After the war he returned to the United States following a long and excellent war record in Europe.  Soon after his return he joined the Air Mail Service, where he remained [[strikethrough]] until [[strikethrough]] into 1920.  During that time he had one bad smashup when 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.
[[strikethrough]] Lamb remained in the Air Mail Service until into 1920 and [[strikethrough]] During that time he also did some test and instruction flying for Horace Keans 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 President of Honduras.  His sphere of influence grew in Central America as he served as somewhat [[strikethrough]] as [[strikethrough]] 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 United States where through 1927 he was President of the Lovejoy Aviation School at McKeesport, Pennsylvania, using Canuck planes.
In 1928 Lamb was pilot-salesman for Air Associates at Curtiss Field, Long
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