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Sir Quintin Brand
AVM Brand visiting an air base c. 1941
Nickname(s)"Flossie"[1]
Born(1893-05-25)25 May 1893
Beaconsfield, Cape Colony
Died7 March 1968(1968-03-07) (aged 74)
Umtali, Rhodesia
AllegianceSouth Africa
United Kingdom
Service/branchUnion Defence Force
Royal Air Force
Years of service1913–1943
RankAir Vice-Marshal
Commands heldNo. 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)
Battles/warsFirst 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.[2]

  1. ^ Christopher Joseph Quintin Brand
  2. ^ Systems Heritage 1919 Vickers Vimy investis.com[permanent dead link]

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