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  • Alec Ogilvie
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  • 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.
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Birth Date
  • 1882-06-08
Branch
death place
  • Ringwood, Hampshire
Name
  • Alec Ogilvie
Caption
  • Alec Ogilvie at his desk in 1919
Birth Place
  • Marylebone, London, England
Awards
death date
  • 1962-06-18
Rank
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  • 250
Battles
laterwork
  • Consulting aeronautical engineer
abstract
  • 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.