[WWI] Biography of George Cockburn?

[Carlos Carreira]

Hi Anders,

Your best choice is to search the Flight archives:
http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/search.aspx?search=cockburn&SearchSubmit=Search

In "History of British Aviation 1908-1914" Vol. 1 by R. Dallas Brett
there are some hits in the index, I'll take a look and I'll send to
you off-list the relevant parts. In the 2nd vol. the only mention is
in a list of pilots that "had blazed into prominence and faded
away"...

Carlos



On Dec 3, 2007 11:34 AM, Anders Bruun <anders.bruun at comhem.se> wrote:
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> Hi everybody,
> This question might be a bit marginal as regards WW1 and modelling, but the
> guy was a pilot and he must have done something during WW1...
>
> I'm looking for biographical data of G.B. (George Bertram) Cockburn
> (1872-1931, British pilot's license No. 5). I know that he was a Scotsman,
> that he represented Britain in the first Gordon Bennett Trophy air race in
> 1909, that he was flight instructor for naval aviators in 1911 and that he
> held positions in the Royal Aero Club after the war.
>
> Do you know anything more about him, or do you have any advice on where I
> can look?
>
> Cheers,
> Anders Bruun
>
>