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| Name: |
Christopher Joseph Quintin "Flossie" Brand |
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| Country: |
South Africa |
| Rank: |
Major |
| Service: |
Royal Flying Corps |
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1, 112, 151 |
| Victories: |
12 |
| Born: |
25 May 1893 |
| Place of Birth: |
Kimberley, South Africa |
| Died: |
09 March 1968 |
| Place of Death: |
Rhodesia |
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Christopher Joseph Quintin Brand attained the rank of Air Vice Marshal in the Royal Air Force. He and Pierre van Ryneveld were knighted for completing the first flight from England to South Africa in 1920. Enroute to Cape Town, they crashed a Vickers Vimy along the Nile, returned to Cairo for another Vimy and crashed again near Bulawayo. They finished the flight in a D.H.9.
RAC Certificate No. 3949 |
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| Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) |
Capt. (A./Maj.) Christopher Joseph Quintin Brand, D.S.O., M.C. (FRANCE)
On the night of 15/16th September this officer attacked an enemy aeroplane at 8,000 feet. In the combat that ensued his tracers burst the sump of one of the aeroplane's engines and the oil from it covered his machine in a black spray. Almost blinded by this he still continued the engagement and eventually drove the enemy machine down to 200 ft., when, owing to intense hostile machine-gun fire from the ground, he was compelled to break off the combat. There is every reason to believe that this machine crashed. The foregoing is only one of many gallant deeds performed by this officer, who by his indomitable spirit and example has raised the efficiency of his squadron to a very high level.
(D.S.O. gazetted 31st May, 1918.)
(M.C. gazetted 26th April, 1917.)
Supplement to the London Gazette, 3 December 1918 (31046/14318) |
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| Victories |
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Date |
Time |
Unit |
Aircraft |
Opponent |
Location |
| 1 |
04 Mar 1917 |
1235 |
1 |
Nieuport (A6668) |
Roland C (DES) 1 |
Boesinghe-Wytschaete |
| 2 |
15 Mar 1917 |
1545 |
1 |
Nieuport (A6668) |
LVG C (DESF) |
NE of Zandvoorde |
| 3 |
15 Mar 1917 |
1635 |
1 |
Nieuport (A6668) |
Albatros D.V (OOC) |
St. Eloi |
| 4 |
08 Apr 1917 |
1130 |
1 |
Nieuport (A6668) |
Balloon (DES) |
Moorslede |
| 5 |
30 Apr 1917 |
0855 |
1 |
Nieuport (A6668) |
Albatros C (CAP) |
Houplines |
| 6 |
01 May 1917 |
0915 |
1 |
Nieuport (A6668) |
Albatros C (DES) |
Warneton |
| 7 |
01 May 1917 |
1000 |
1 |
Nieuport (A6668) |
Albatros C (DES) 2 |
Ploegsteert |
| 8 |
19 May 1918 |
2326 |
112 |
Sopwith Camel (D6423) |
Gotha G.IV (CAP) |
Near Faversham |
| 9 |
17 Sep 1918 |
2241 |
151 |
Sopwith Camel (D6423) |
Friedrichshafen G (CAP) |
Havrincourt Wood |
| 10 |
21 Sep 1918 |
2126 |
151 |
Sopwith Camel (D6423) |
Friedrichshafen G (CAP) |
Gouzeaucourt |
| 11 |
21 Sep 1918 |
2135 |
151 |
Sopwith Camel (D6423) |
AEG G (DES) 3 |
Gouzeaucourt |
| 12 |
30 Oct 1918 |
1904 |
151 |
Sopwith Camel (D6423) |
Friedrichshafen G (DES) |
Foret d'Andigny |
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| 1 |
Shared with Lt VCA Bush (A6670) |
| 2 |
Shared with 2/Lt LM Mansbridge |
| 3 |
Shared with Lt JH Summers (C6713) |
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