Lambert, Courtney Brooks
Title
Lambert, Courtney Brooks
Last Name
Lambert
First and Middle Name
Courtney Brooks
Hometown
Welch, West Virginia
Birth Date
June 30, 1892
Death Date
3 August 1917
Cause of Death
Killed in Training (in United States) and is buried in Cartwright Cemetery in Brooke County, West Virginia
VPI Graduating Class
1914
Graduated
No, but did attend VPI in the 1910-1911 school year.
Service Branch
Student Aviators
Unit
West Virginia Flying Corps
Rank
Chief Aviator, Corporal
Military Events
He was killed when the motor of his airplane stopped at 300 feet up, on his first student flight. This happened at the WV Aviation School, in Beech Bottom WV.
1927 "Virginia Polytehnic Institute in the World War" booklet
Yes
Collection
Citation
“Lambert, Courtney Brooks,” VPI in World War I, accessed April 12, 2025, https://vpiworldwarone.lib.vt.edu/items/show/252.
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