Rupert Brabner


Rupert Brabner

Born(1911-10-29)29 October 1911
Epping, Essex, England
Died27 March 1945(1945-03-27) (aged 33)
near Azores
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service / branch Royal Navy
RankCommander
Commands801 Naval Air Squadron (1941–42)
Battles / warsSecond World War
AwardsDistinguished Service Order
Distinguished Service Cross
Other workMember of Parliament for Hythe (1939–45)
Arms depicted in the Commons chamber[1]

Commander Rupert Arnold Brabner DSO DSC (29 October 1911 – 27 March 1945) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) who served with the Royal Navy as a pilot in the Second World War and became an ace with 5.5 confirmed kills.

  1. ^ "Commons Chamber WW 2 memorial (5) Cdr Rupert A Brabner DSO, DSC, FAA, RNVR, d27.3.1945 nr Azores, unexplained loss of Liberator AL504, Winston Churchill's aircraft named 'Commando,' flying from Northolt to Ottawa". Baz Manning. 5 February 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2021.