Fleet Air Arm
Explore notable fleet air arm in Royal Navy history.
Eric 'Winkle' Brown
Rank: Fleet Air Arm officer and test pilot
Naval aviation, deck landing expertise, and test flying.
Charles Lamb
Rank: Fleet Air Arm officer and pilot
Carrier aviation and memoir writing about naval air service.
Dennis Cambell
Rank: Fleet Air Arm officer
Carrier aviation and development of naval flying practice.
Charles Rumney Samson
Rank: Early naval aviator
Pioneering naval aviation and the early maritime use of aircraft.
Murray Sueter
Rank: Naval aviation organizer
Development, administration, and advocacy of naval aviation.
Roger Bacon’s contemporary Reginald Henderson
Rank: Naval officer and aviation supporter
Support for naval aviation and service modernization.
Eric Brown
Rank: Fleet Air Arm officer and test pilot
Carrier flying and extensive test flying.
Reginald Henderson
Rank: Naval officer and aviation supporter
Support for naval aviation and service modernization.
Stanley Goble
Rank: Naval aviator
Maritime aviation service and imperial air-sea experience.
Eugene Esmonde
Rank: Fleet Air Arm officer
Carrier aviation and wartime offensive operations.
Peter Twiss
Rank: Naval aviator and test pilot
Naval aviation, test flying, and speed-record work.
Mervyn O'Gorman
Rank: Aviation pioneer linked to naval aviation
Technical and experimental work in early air-sea development.
Humphrey de Verd Leigh
Rank: Fleet Air Arm officer
Naval aviation, test work, and operational service.