Quintin Brand

Sir Quintin Brand
AVM Brand visiting an air base c. 1941
Nickname"Flossie"
Born(1893-05-25)25 May 1893
Beaconsfield, Cape Colony
Died7 March 1968(1968-03-07) (aged 74)
Umtali, Rhodesia
AllegianceSouth Africa
United Kingdom
BranchUnion Defence Force
Royal Air Force
Service years1913–1943
RankAir Vice-Marshal
CommandsNo. 20 Group (1941–43)
No. 10 Group (1940–41)
No. 56 Squadron (1923–25)
No. 44 Squadron (1919)
No. 151 Squadron (1918–19)
No. 112 Squadron (1918)
ConflictsFirst World War
Second World War
* Battle of Britain
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Distinguished Service Order
Military Cross
Distinguished Flying Cross
Order of Ismail (Egypt)

Air Vice-Marshal Sir Christopher Joseph Quintin Brand, KBE, DSO, MC, DFC (25 May 1893 – 7 March 1968) was a South African officer of the Royal Air Force.

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