Neville Usborne

Neville Florian Usborne
Born27 February 1883
Queenstown, Ireland
Died21 February 1916, aged 32
Strood
Buried
Woodlands cemetery, Gillingham, Kent
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Navy
Royal Naval Air Service
Service years1897-1916
RankWing Commander (RNAS)

Neville Usborne (27 February 1883 – 21 February 1916) was a British naval officer who played a prominent part in British military lighter-than-air aviation before the First World War. He was involved with the construction of the first British rigid airship HMA No. 1 and was killed in one of the first experiments in launching an aeroplane from an airship.

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