Pilot Arthur Whitten Brown

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Arthur Whitten Brown

Living place: Swansea

Birthday: 23-7-1886

Global rank: #65096

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Who is Pilot Arthur Whitten Brown?
Arthur Whitten Brown was a pilot, a pioneer with transatlantic flights.
On June 14, 1919 he made a flight from St. John's of Newfoundland to Clifden at Connemara, Ireland, with a flight distance of 1,980 miles. This flight won a $10,000 prize donated by London's Daily Mail for a nonstop nonstop transatlantic flight using a modified Vickers Vimy bomber.
Year. 1923 Arthur Whitten Brown was appointed chief representative for Metropolitan-Vickers in the Swansea area.
During World War II he worked as a lieutenant colonel in the defense headquarters, until July 1941 he resigned. and moved back to work in the RAF.
While at the RAF he worked as a training and navigational commander.
In 1943, due to health reasons, he retired from the job.

Young / Before famous

His parents were American, but for work his father was sent to Scotland to assess the site of the Westinghouse factory in Clydeside, so he was born in Glasgow. But then his family moved to Trafford Park in Stretford in Lancashire because the factory was located there.
During World War I he apprenticed at British Westinghouse in Manchester.
In 1914 he attended the University and Public Schools Brigade (UPS). Then he became the second lieutenant of the three (special reserve) battalion commander of the Mancheste regiment. He was then sent to the National Aviation Squadron to work as an observer.
While on a flight to observe artillery forces, his plane was shot down by fire. Vendin-le-Vieil's strength, he was then sent back to England to recuperate.
After recovering, he returned to work. The flight took place on November 10, 1915, while conducting a survey, his plane had a problem with the fuel tank, so it crashed and was taken prisoner. In September 1917, he dreamed of returning home.

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When was Pilot Arthur Whitten Brown born?
Arthur Whitten Brown was born in 23-7-1886, death year is , at the age of 138.
Where is Pilot Arthur Whitten Brown's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Arthur Whitten Brown was born in Glasgow, of Scotland. Mr working and living in Swansea, of Wales. Mr, whose Zodiac is Leo, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Arthur Whitten Brown's global rank is 65096 and whose rank is 51 in list of famous Pilot.
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Events in 1886 and 23-7

Birthday Arthur Whitten Brown (23-7) in history

  • Day 23-7 year 1829: William Burt patented a forerunner of the typewriter.
  • Day 23-7 year 1885: Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died at Mount McGregor, N.Y., at age 63.
  • Day 23-7 year 1914: Austria and Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia after the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand, precipitating World War I.
  • Day 23-7 year 1945: Vichy government leader Marshal Henri Petain went on trial for treason.
  • Day 23-7 year 1952: Revolution erupted in Egypt as the military took power in a bloodless coup. The following year the monarchy was abolished and, for the first time since the pharaohs, Egypt was again ruled by Egyptians.
  • Day 23-7 year 1995: The Hale-Bopp comet was discovered by Alan Hale and Thomas Bopp.
  • Day 23-7 year 1997: Serbian president Slobodan Milosevic was sworn in as president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
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