Alfred Brandon
Lieutenant Alfred Brandon (1883 - 1974), New Zealand lawyer and military aviator who served in the First World War, and was credited with the destruction of two Zeppelin airships. Awarded the Victoria Cross after he destroyed a Zeppelin in flight. Brandon, from New Zealand, received the highest military honour by flying above the German airship and dropping a bomb onto it. The Zeppelin crashed in flames over French soil
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10217508
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46036647
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2895px x 7946px
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Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Bureau in The Illustrated London News', 8 April 1916, page 449
Date
1916
