# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lionel-rees
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:54:17.170Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lionel-rees"
name: "Lionel Rees"
slug: "lionel-rees"
description: "Group Captain Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees, was a Welsh aviator, flying ace, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He was credited with eight confirmed aerial victories, comprising one enemy aircraft captured, one destroyed, one \"forced to land\" and five \"driven down\". Rees and his gunner, Flight Sergeant James McKinley Hargreaves, were the only two airmen to become aces flying the earliest purpose-built British fighter aeroplane, the Vickers Gunbus."
tagline: "Welsh Royal Air Force officer (1884–1955); recipient of the Victoria Cross"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lionel_Rees_VC_IWM_Q_68027.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
birthDate: "1884-07-31"
deathDate: "1955-09-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.29
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.40558
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "ليونيل ريس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Rees"
    title: "Lionel Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Rees"
    title: "Lionel Rees"
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  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Rees"
    title: "Lionel Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Wilmot_Brabazon_Rees"
    title: "Lionel Wilmot Brabazon Rees"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6555769"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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