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Wing Commander '''Neville Florian Usborne''', (27 February, 1883 – 21 February, 1916) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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Wing Commander '''Neville Florian Usborne''', (27 February, 1883 – 21 February, 1916) served in the [[Royal Navy]].  A very clever man, Usborne managed to be active in submarines, wireless and aviation before being killed in an accident in 1916.
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
 
Usborne's skills in French earned him the [[Ryder Memorial Prize]] as a {{SubRN}}.
 
Usborne's skills in French earned him the [[Ryder Memorial Prize]] as a {{SubRN}}.
  
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Usborne was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 15 March, 1903.
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Usborne submitted a report on [[German Wireless Systems|German use of Wireless Telegraphy]], an extract of which appeared in the ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1907''.{{ARTS1907|Wireless Appendix pp. 63-6}}
 
Usborne submitted a report on [[German Wireless Systems|German use of Wireless Telegraphy]], an extract of which appeared in the ''Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1907''.{{ARTS1907|Wireless Appendix pp. 63-6}}
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On 1 October 1913, he was appointed in command of Naval Airship No. 3.
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Usborne was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 1 January, 1914.  On 1 April, 1914 he was appointed in command of [[Kingsnorth Airship Station]].
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Usborne was promoted to the rank of Wing Commander on 1 July, 1914.
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On 21 October 1914, he was appointed in command of Naval Airship No. 8.
  
 
Usborne died alongside [[De Courcy Wyndor Plunkett Ireland]] in a wartime experiment to launch a fighter plane from airship AP.1 as a defence against Zeppelin attacks.
 
Usborne died alongside [[De Courcy Wyndor Plunkett Ireland]] in a wartime experiment to launch a fighter plane from airship AP.1 as a defence against Zeppelin attacks.
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Revision as of 20:49, 25 July 2019

Wing Commander Neville Florian Usborne, (27 February, 1883 – 21 February, 1916) served in the Royal Navy. A very clever man, Usborne managed to be active in submarines, wireless and aviation before being killed in an accident in 1916.

Life & Career

Usborne's skills in French earned him the Ryder Memorial Prize as a Sub-Lieutenant.

Usborne was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 March, 1903.

Usborne submitted a report on German use of Wireless Telegraphy, an extract of which appeared in the Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1907.[1]

On 1 October 1913, he was appointed in command of Naval Airship No. 3.

Usborne was promoted to the rank of Commander on 1 January, 1914. On 1 April, 1914 he was appointed in command of Kingsnorth Airship Station.

Usborne was promoted to the rank of Wing Commander on 1 July, 1914.

On 21 October 1914, he was appointed in command of Naval Airship No. 8.

Usborne died alongside De Courcy Wyndor Plunkett Ireland in a wartime experiment to launch a fighter plane from airship AP.1 as a defence against Zeppelin attacks.

See Also

Bibliography

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Annual Report of the Torpedo School, 1907. Wireless Appendix pp. 63-6.


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