Dimitrios Kamberos

[1] His name was spelled variously in contemporary foreign sources, including Camberos and Cambères.

[4] The Army Aviation started with six planes, including four purchased from the Farman Aviation Works and assembled by French mechanics:[5] Three of the Farman planes were christened Aetos, Gyps, and Ierax.

In June 1912, after converting his plane to a hydroplane, he broke the world speed record at 110 km/h.

[8] He flew his first combat mission, a reconnaissance flight, on 5 October 1912, at the outbreak of the First Balkan War.

After World War I, he served as the chief instructor of the military flight school.

Dimitrios Kamberos, the first military aviator in Greek history on the "Daedalus", a Farman biplane on a 1912 photo.