Alec Ogilvie
Military Person
1882 – 1962
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Who was Alec Ogilvie?
Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander "Alec" Ogilvie CBE 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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- Born
- Jun 8, 1882
Marylebone - Education
- Rugby School
- Died
- Jun 18, 1962
Ringwood
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on July 23, 2013
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