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...a pilot, first in the [[Battle of Britain]] and later with the [[Fleet Air Arm]]. [[Category:Fleet Air Arm aviators]] ...

...studied law at [[University of Oxford]]. In 1940 he joined the [[Fleet Air Arm]]. He flew the [[Supermarine Seafire]] in operations in North Africa, the M [[Category:Fleet Air Arm aviators]] ...

{{Short description|Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal (1925-2009)}} |honorific-prefix = [[Air chief marshal|Air Chief Marshal]] ...

...at the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] contractor [[ABC Weekend TV]], who went on air in 1956, serving the [[English Midlands|Midlands]] and the [[North of Engla * ''[[Trouble in the Air]]'' (1948) ...

...oyal Navy]] during [[World War II]] as an [[aviator]] with the [[Fleet Air Arm]] of the British [[Royal Navy]] and was assigned to the British carrier [[H [[Category:Fleet Air Arm aviators]] ...

|image= FLEET AIR ARM ACTIVITIES AT HMS SPARROWHAWK, ROYAL NAVAL AIR STATION HATSTON. MARCH 1942. A9050.jpg |commands= [[822 Naval Air Squadron|822 Squadron]]<br>[[RNAS Hatston|HMS ''Sparrowhawk'']]<br>[[4th De ...

...copter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 12, waves farewell to her family at Naval Air Stat.jpg|thumb|MH-60S helicopters at [[NAS North Island]], California, circ A '''Naval Air Station (NAS)''' is a [[military air base]], and consists of a permanent land-based [[military base|operations l ...

...ps://books.google.com/books?id=eqqHDUuXN2YC |title=At Home and Under Fire: Air Raids and Culture in Britain from the Great War to the Blitz |publisher=Cam In the [[English Channel]] the family rescues two downed [[Fleet Air Arm]] aviators from {{HMS|Victorious|R38}}. Their commanding officer gives the Corbetts su ...

{{Short description|Royal Navy Admiral of the Fleet (born 1936)}} | honorific_prefix = [[Admiral of the Fleet (Royal Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] ...

'''The Royal Air Force''' (RAF) operated from two locations in the [[Imperial fortress]] [[B ...h effect from 23 January 1934.<ref>{{cite book |date=1935-01-01 |title=The Air Force List |location=Hamilton, Pembroke, Bermuda|publisher=His Majesty's St ...

...Royal New Zealand Air Force]], [[South African Air Force]] and [[Sri Lanka Air Force]]. An example of a real pilot brevet (i.e. certificate) is shown:<on ===Royal Air Force=== ...

| known_for = Breaking the [[Flight airspeed record|World Air Speed Record]] and being the first person to exceed {{convert|1000|mph|km/h | air_force = [[Fleet Air Arm]] ...

{{Short description|Fleet Air Arm pilot}} | honorific_suffix = [[Distinguished Service Cross (United Kingdom)|DSC]] [[Air Force Cross (United Kingdom)|AFC]] ...

Having successfully eluded all these hazards and entered the fleet anchorage, Lieutenants Place and Cameron, with a complete disregard for dan ...the [[Korean War]], flying the [[Hawker Sea Fury|Sea Fury]] in [[801 Naval Air Squadron|801 Squadron]] from the deck of the carrier {{HMS|Glory|R62|6}}. H ...

...t was the first victory of a heavier-than-air aircraft over a lighter-than-air [[dirigible]]. ...ers (City of London Regiment)]], but soon transferred to the [[Royal Naval Air Service]] for pilot training.<ref name="O'Connor2005p26">O'Connor 2005, p. ...

Aitken served in the [[Fleet Air Arm]] from 1945 to 1948.<ref name="Griffiths">[[Dennis Griffiths]] (ed.) ''The [[Category:Fleet Air Arm aviators]] ...

...ier {{HMS|Indomitable|R92|6}}, and served in the Far East with [[845 Naval Air Squadron]], flying [[Grumman TBF Avenger|Grumman Avengers]]. He was in [[Ce [[Category:Fleet Air Arm personnel of World War II]] ...

|branch= [[Royal Air Force]] (1928–34)<br/>[[Royal Navy]] (1939–42) |commands= [[825 Naval Air Squadron]] (1940–42)<br/>[[754 Naval Air Squadron]] (1939) ...

...Air Command]], which has subsequently been renamed as the [[Royal Canadian Air Force]] (RCAF). ...the two bases were deactivated and handed over to the [[Air Board (Canada)|Air Board]]. ...

{{Short description|Italian general and air power theorist}} | first_race = <!-- For racing aviators --> ...