John Alcock

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aviator human pilot

John Alcock was a British aviator best known for making the first non-stop transatlantic flight in 1919 alongside Arthur Whitten Brown.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aviator ⓘ
human ⓘ
pilot ⓘ
aircraftFlown Vickers Vimy ⓘ
arrivalPoint Clifden ⓘ
County Galway ⓘ
Ireland ⓘ
awardReceived Air Force Cross ⓘ
Distinguished Service Cross ⓘ
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire ⓘ
burialPlace Southern Cemetery, Manchester ⓘ
causeOfDeath aircraft crash ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1892-11-05 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1919-12-18 ⓘ
dateOfEvent 1919-06-14 ⓘ
1919-06-15 ⓘ
departurePoint St. John’s ⓘ
surface form: St. John’s, Newfoundland
educatedAt St Thomas’s School, Manchester ⓘ
employer Vickers-Armstrongs ⓘ
surface form: Vickers
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Alcock ⓘ
fieldOfWork aviation ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasNationality British ⓘ
honorificTitle Sir ⓘ
knownFor first non-stop transatlantic flight ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Naval Air Service ⓘ
notableWork first non-stop transatlantic flight ⓘ
occupation aviator ⓘ
military aviator ⓘ
partnerInAchievement Arthur Whitten Brown ⓘ
placeOfBirth England ⓘ
Manchester ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cottévrard ⓘ
France ⓘ
Seine-Maritime ⓘ
rank Captain ⓘ
residence Manchester ⓘ
serviceNumber Royal Naval Air Service officer ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ

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