Neville Florian Usborne | |
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Born | 27 February 1883 Queenstown, Ireland |
Died | 21 February 1916, aged 32 Strood |
Buried | Woodlands cemetery, Gillingham, Kent |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | Royal Navy Royal Naval Air Service |
Years of service | 1897-1916 |
Rank | Wing Commander (RNAS) |
Neville Usborne (27 February 1883 – 21 February 1916) was a British naval officer who played a prominent part in British military lighter-than-air aviation before the First World War. He was involved with the construction of the first British rigid airship HMA No. 1 and was killed in one of the first experiments in launching an aeroplane from an airship.