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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
Service/branchRoyal Air Force
Years of service1940–1966
RankGroup Captain
Commands heldRAF Scampton
RAF El Adem
No. 49 Squadron RAF
RAF Shaibah
No. 104 Squadron RAF
Battles/warsWorld War II:
  • Italian Campaign
  • Combined Bomber Offensive
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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