Christopher Quintin-Brand
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Air Vice-Marshal Sir Christopher Joseph Quintin-Brand, KBE, DSO, MC, DFC, (May 25, 1893, Beaconsfield - March 7, 1968, Umtali, Southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe) was a British pilot.
He fought as a member of the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War. He learned to fly and was awarded Royal Aero Club Certificate No 3949 on 30 March 1916. Flying in Nieuports and Sopwith Camels he claimed 12 victories in 1917 and 1918. He served in No. 1 Squadron RFC before being posted back to Britain. In 1918 he became commander of the newly formed No. 151 Squadron RAF. This was a night fighter squardron equipped with specially modified Sopwith Camels. The squadron downed 26 Gotha bombers with Quintin-Brand himself shooting down four. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross during this period.
He was knighted in 1920 for becoming the first man (along with Pierre van Ryneveld) to fly from Britain to South Africa.
Upon retirement Quintin-Brand had attained the rank of Air Vice-Marshal.
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- Barker, Ralph (2002). The Royal Flying Corps in World War I. Robinson. ISBN 1-84119-470-0.
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Categories: 1893 births | 1968 deaths | English aviators | British military personnel of World War I | Royal Air Force air marshals | People from Buckinghamshire | Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire | Companions of the Distinguished Service Order | Recipients of the Distinguished Flying Cross | Recipients of the Military Cross
