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Trubshaw, Ernest Brian

Date of birth:
January 29th, 1924
Date of death:
March 24th, 2001
Service number:
150725
Nationality:
British

Biography

1942: Enlisted RAF
1944: Bomber Command

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Rank:
Flight Lieutenant
Unit:
King's Flight
Awarded on:
December 31st, 1948
Member of the Royal Victorian Order
Rank:
Chief Test Pilot
Unit:
British Aircraft Corporation (Weybridge) Ltd
Awarded on:
June 13th, 1964
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Awarded on:
December 31st, 1969
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
Awarded on:
1970
"For his work in developing and successfully piloting the prototype Concorde supersonic airliner including her first supersonic flight over land."

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