Squadron Commander E.H. Dunning

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Squadron Commander Edwin Harris Dunning, DSC (17th July 1892 - 7th August 1917) was the first pilot to land his aircraft on a ship when he landed his Sopwith Pup on HMS Furious in Scapa Flow, Orkney on 2nd August 1917. He was killed five days later during another landing on the ship.

References

• [Memorial to Squadron Commander Edwin Harris Dunning DSC in St Lawrence's Church, Bradfield, Essex]
• [HMS Furious]

 

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