| Birth: | Dec. 6, 1875 | | Death: | Nov. 12, 1946 | 
Aviator. A Former President of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners, he bought a plane from the Wright brothers in 1909 and was taught by Orville Wright how to fly. In 1923, an unknown flyer named Charles A. Lindbergh, landed in a field leased by Lambert. This field later became Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. He was one of Lindbergh's backers on his solo flight across the Atlantic in 1927.
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Bellefontaine Cemetery
Saint Louis
St. Louis city
Missouri, USA
Plot: Block 23, Lot 3736 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: May 19, 2000
Find A Grave Memorial# 9332 |
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