# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bill-gunston
# Generated: 2026-08-14T04:35:37.718Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bill-gunston"
name: "Bill Gunston"
slug: "bill-gunston"
description: "Bill Gunston was a British aviation and military author. He flew with Britain's Royal Air Force from 1945 to 1948, and after pilot training became a flying instructor. He spent most of his adult life doing research and writing on aircraft and aviation. He was the author of over 350 books and articles. His work included many books published by Salamander Books."
tagline: "Author"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1927-03-01"
deathDate: "2013-06-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.36
  momentum:             5.197876447876446
  historical:           7.011628
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Bill Gunston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بيل جونستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gunston"
    title: "Bill Gunston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gunston"
    title: "Bill Gunston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gunston"
    title: "Bill Gunston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D9%84_%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%86"
    title: "بیل گانستون"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gunston"
    title: "Bill Gunston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Gunston"
    title: "Bill Gunston"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4909245"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump