# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-balmer
# Generated: 2026-08-13T02:39:05.077Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-balmer"
name: "John Balmer"
slug: "john-balmer"
description: "John Raeburn Balmer, was a senior officer and bomber pilot in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). Born in Bendigo, Victoria, he studied law before joining the RAAF as an air cadet in 1932. An instructor at Point Cook from 1935 to 1937, he achieved renown in Air Force circles when he reportedly parachuted from a training aircraft to motivate his pupil to land single-handedly. He also became known to the general public as a cross-country motorist, setting records for trans-Australia and round-Australia trips before World War II."
tagline: "RAAF officer (1910–1944)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/026590Balmer1942.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Australia"
  isoCode: "AU"
birthDate: "1910-07-03"
deathDate: "1944-05-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.44
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.337581333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh_yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B4%84%E7%BF%B0%C2%B7%E5%B7%B4%E7%88%BE%E9%BB%98"
    title: "約翰·巴爾默"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1_(%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1)"
    title: "جون بالمر (طيار)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%B1_(%D8%B7%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%B1_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7)"
    title: "جون بالمر (طيار من اوستراليا)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balmer"
    title: "John Balmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Balmer"
    title: "John R. Balmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balmer"
    title: "John Balmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Balmer"
    title: "John Balmer"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5564977"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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