Alec Ogilvie Military person

Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander "Alec" Ogilvie CBE (8 June 1882 – 18 June 1962) was an early British aviation pioneer, a friend of the Wright Brothers and only the seventh British person to qualify as a pilot. During World War I Ogilvie served with the Royal Naval Air Service before transferring to the Royal Air Force on its creation in 1918. During the War in was chiefly employed in technical posts and after the War he worked as a consulting aeronautical engineer.

Personal facts

Alec Ogilvie
Birth dateJune 08, 1882
Birth place
England , London , Marylebone
Date of deathJune 18, 1962
Place of death
Hampshire , Ringwood

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Military person

award
Order of the British Empire
military operations
World War I
military branch
Royal Air Force
military unit
Royal Naval Air Service

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