Edwin Harris Dunning

Edwin Harris Dunning

Squadron Commander Edwin Harris Dunning, DSC (17 July 1892 - 7 August 1917), of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, was the first pilot to land an aircraft on a moving ship.

The second son of Sir Edwin Harris Dunning of Jacques Hall, Bradfield, Essex, he was educated at Royal Naval Colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth. [http://www.crossandcockade.com/files/DSC%20and%20DSM%20Awards%20to%20RNAS.xls]

Dunning landed his Sopwith Pup on HMS "Furious" in Scapa Flow, Orkney on 2 August 1917. He was killed five days later, during his second landing attempt of the day, when a tire burst, throwing his plane overboard. Knocked unconscious, he drowned in the cockpit. [The First World War: A Complete History By Sir Martin Gilbert [http://books.google.com/books?id=Ob2k5aM15cEC&pg=RA2-PA355&lpg=RA2-PA355&dq=edwin+dunning+navy&source=web&ots=i9QLved3Jz&sig=gOm_HN09wJpfliOShKn0iuoAoIY&hl=en] ]

He is buried at St Lawrence's Church, Bradfield, beside his mother.

References

* [http://www.nmm.ac.uk/memorials/Memorial.cfm?Topic=2&MemorialID=M1414&Full=Print Memorial to Squadron Commander Edwin Harris Dunning DSC in St Lawrence's Church, Bradfield, Essex]
* [http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.3919 HMS Furious]


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