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• Charles Rupert Grant Wilkinson
  He was appointed to the aircraft carrier [[H.M.S. Ark Royal (1937)|''Ark Royal'']] on 3 January, 1939.{{NLMay39|p. 2 ...} on 16 April, 1941.{{NLApr44|p. 185}} He was serving aboard the aircraft carrier [[H.M.S. Formidable (1939)|''Formidable'']] in April of 1944.{{NLApr44|p. 1
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• Béarn (1920)
  ...he only ship in her class actually completed, and even then as an aircraft carrier.
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• Royal Naval Air Service
  ...utgrew its R.F.C. origins and opened its own flying schools, built its own aircraft and commenced a large non-rigid and rigid airship programme during the cour ...on vessels and the first carrier air strikes upon an enemy. The aircraft carrier as recognisable today was a creation of the Royal Navy.
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• Cyril Theobald Roundell Searle
  He commanded a yacht and served in the aircraft carrier {{UK-Furious}}.
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• H.M.S. Hermes (1919)
  |type=aircraft carrier ...utset to operate aircraft in a proper manner – being able to recover aircraft while at sea.
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• Peter John Hill-Norton
  Hill-Norton commanded the aircraft carrier [[H.M.S. Ark Royal (1950)|''Ark Royal'']] from October 1959 until he was pr
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• Arthur LeRoy Bristol
  ...6, Bristol was the first captain of America's first purpose-built aircraft carrier, {{US-Ranger}}.
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• Cedric Swinton Holland
  ...rier [[H.M.S. Ark Royal (1937)|''Ark Royal'']], and as Flag Captain to V/A Aircraft Carriers. This apparently ended on 25 May, 1941 with another appointment d
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• Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum, Jr.
  ...I) Mercury'' 30 May 1935 p.5.</ref> aircraft carrier ''Langley'', aircraft carrier ''Saratoga'', {{USOfficerReg1935|pp. 18-19}} and the Pensacola Naval Air St
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• Armstrong, Whitworth & Company
  |{{UK-Vindex|f=p}}||seaplane carrier||7 Mar, 1905||Sold 12 Feb, 1920 |{{UK-Eagle|f=p}}||aircraft carrier||8 Jun, 1918||Torpedoed 11 Aug, 1942
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• James Douglas Prentice
  ...titution]] essay in 1925, during which time he was serving in the aircraft carrier {{UK-Furious}}. He was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 15 June, 192
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• William Beardmore & Company
  In 1913, it started building aircraft engines and [[Sopwith Pup]] fighter planes under licence. |{{UK-Argus|f=p}}||aircraft carrier||2 Dec, 1917||Sold 5 Dec, 1946
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• H.M.S. Eagle (1918)
  |type=aircraft carrier ...ous flight deck, her basis upon a battleship design offered her no greater aircraft accommodation than the succeeding purpose-built {{UK-Hermes|y=1919}}, which
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• Tom Oliver Bulteel
  Bulteel died from illness while captain of the aircraft carrier {{UK-Furious|f=p}}.
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• H.M.S. Argus (1917)
  |type=aircraft carrier ...d a continuous flight deck and more accurately reflected a mature aircraft carrier than any previous vessel.
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• Cecil Aubrey Lawson Mansergh
  Mansergh commanded the aircraft carrier H.M.S. ''Implacable'' in 1946.
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• H.M.S. Glorious (1916)
  ...:career>{{ShipCareer|fullname=H.M.S. ''Glorious'' (1916)|fate2=as aircraft carrier ...orious''''' was completed as a battlecruiser, but converted to an aircraft carrier in the late 1920s.
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• Henry Hutchinson Robson
  He commanded the aircraft carrier [[H.M.S. Perseus (1944)|''Perseus'']], vice [[Robert Eric Gunston]], in the
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• Cecil Lewis Howe
  ...aerial gunnery observer. In April, 1922, he was appointed to the aircraft carrier {{UK-Argus}} as an observer. Before 1926, he would be an observer in the c
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• Richard Francis John Onslow
  Onslow was killed when the aircraft carrier {{UK-Hermes|f=p}} was lost under his command.<ref>Onslow Service Record. {
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