Kenneth Hubbard

Kenneth Gilbert Hubbard
Born(1920-02-26)26 February 1920
Norwich, Norfolk, England
Died21 January 2004(2004-01-21) (aged 83)
Blythburgh, Suffolk, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Air Force
Service years1940–1966
RankGroup Captain
CommandsRAF Scampton
RAF El Adem
No. 49 Squadron RAF
RAF Shaibah
No. 104 Squadron RAF
ConflictsWorld War II:
AwardsOfficer of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Flying Cross
Air Force Cross

Group Captain Kenneth Gilbert Hubbard OBE DFC AFC (26 February 1920 – 21 January 2004) was the pilot of an RAF Vickers Valiant bomber which dropped Britain's first live thermonuclear weapon (H-Bomb) in Operation Grapple in the Central Pacific Ocean in May 1957.

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