Edwin Harris Dunning
✓ Source-basedstableRoyal Navy officer (1892-1917)
Lived 1892 to 1917 · aged 25
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Squadron Commander Edwin Harris Dunning, DSC, of the British Royal Naval Air Service, was the first pilot to land an aircraft on a moving ship.
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Dunning's Sopwith Pup veering off the flight deck of HMS Furious during his fatal attempt to land on the carrier while underway, August 7, 1917
Dunning memorial plaque at St. Lawrence church in Bradfield, Essex
Colour drawing of the Beardmore-built Sopwith Pup N6453, flown by Sqn Cmdr Dunning for the first aircraft landing on an aircraft carrier, on 2 August 1917Awards 1
Connected to Edwin 6
Colin KellyAlso won Distinguished Service Cross
René BondouxAlso won Distinguished Service Cross
Mamert StankiewiczAlso won Distinguished Service Cross
Robert W. GrowAlso won Distinguished Service Cross
Angus CampbellAlso won Distinguished Service Cross
François de LinaresAlso won Distinguished Service CrossAbout this person
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deceased
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Lived 1892 to 1917 · aged 25
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