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| Picture No | 10217508 |
| Date | 1916 |
| Description | Alfred Brandon |
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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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| Source | Photograph by Bureau in 'The Illustrated London News', 8 April 1916, page 449 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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