Gerald Lewis Brinton |
![]() | Date of Birth: | Not known | Place of Birth: | Not known | Former Occupation: | Not known | Service: | Royal Navy |
Service No.: | Not known | |
Previous Service No.: | Not known | |
Rank in Hood (highest): | Lieutenant | |
Period in Hood: | 1926-1927 | |
Biographical Information: | Born in 1905 at Bewdley, Worcestershire, and was educated
at the Royal Naval Colleges at Osborne and Dartmouth. He was commissioned in the Royal Navy as a sublieutenant, and after a period at Portsmouth he was posted
to H.M.S. " Hood." In the summer of 1927 he was granted a temporary
commission as a flying officer, Royal Air Force, on attachment for four years to the Royal Air Force for service
with the Fleet Air Arm. He was promoted Lieutenant
R.N., in August, 1927. On completion of his flying training at No. 1 Flying Training School, and at the training
Base at Leuchars, Lieut. Brinton was posted to No. 407
(Fleet Fighter) Flight in the Mediterranean, with which
unit he served abroad and at home until he was selected
in April of that year as a member of the High-Speed
Flight. He was the first officer of the Fleet Air Arm to be
chosen for duty in the Flight.
He died as a result of an air crash on 18 Aug 31. |