Dean Ivan Lamb

Dean Ivan Lamb was an aviator born on January 25, 1886 in Pennsylvania, USA^[1].

During the Mexican Revolution, Lamb was hired as a mercenary. He flew reconnaissance missions and dropped primitive bombs. Phil Rader, a mercenary for a rival faction, was sent up to intercept Lamb. The resulting encounter was quite possibly the first dogfight in history, and consisted of the pilots firing pistols at each other. Lamb also helped establish the Honduran Air Force^[2].

Lamb was a member of the Quiet Birdmen.

References

1. ^ Biography at earlybirds.org
2. ^ Beyer, Rick. The Greatest War Stories Never Told: 100 Tales From Military History to Astonish, Bewilder, and Stupefy. Harper Collins, 2005. 130-131.

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