Sir Sefton Brancker | |
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 Sefton Brancker, c.1915–18 | |
| Birth name | William Sefton Brancker |
| Born | 22 March 1877 Woolwich, Kent, England |
| Died | 5 October 1930 (aged 53) Allonne near Beauvais, France |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | British Army (1896–18) Royal Air Force (1918–19) |
| Years of service | 1896–1919 |
| Rank | Air Vice Marshal |
| Commands | Master-General of Personnel (1918–19) Controller-General of Equipment (1918) HQ RFC Middle East (1917) Palestine Brigade (1917) Northern (Training) Brigade (1915–16) No. 3 Wing (1915) |
| Battles / wars | Second Boer War First World War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Air Force Cross Officer of the Legion of Honour (France) Order of St. Vladimir, 4th Class (Russia) Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st Class (Russia) Commander of the Order of the Crown (Italy) Commander of the Order of Leopold (Belgium) |
| Relations | Wife: May Wynn Field |
| Other work | British Director of Civil Aviation |
Air Vice Marshal Sir William Sefton Brancker, KCB, AFC (22 March 1877 – 5 October 1930) was a British pioneer in civil and military aviation and senior officer of the Royal Flying Corps and later Royal Air Force. He was killed in an airship crash in 1930, exactly 20 years after his first flight.[1]