Sir Quintin Brand | |
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Nickname(s) | "Flossie"[1] |
Born | Beaconsfield, Cape Colony | 25 May 1893
Died | 7 March 1968 Umtali, Rhodesia | (aged 74)
Allegiance | South Africa United Kingdom |
Service | Union Defence Force Royal Air Force |
Years of service | 1913–1943 |
Rank | Air Vice-Marshal |
Commands | No. 20 Group (1941–43) No. 10 Group (1940–41) No. 56 Squadron (1923–25) No. 44 Squadron (1919) No. 151 Squadron (1918–19) No. 112 Squadron (1918) |
Battles / wars | First World War Second World War * Battle of Britain |
Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire Distinguished Service Order Military Cross Distinguished Flying Cross Order of Ismail (Egypt) |
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Christopher Joseph Quintin Brand, KBE, DSO, MC, DFC (25 May 1893 – 7 March 1968) was a South African officer of the Royal Air Force.[2]