Harold Perrin
Royal Navy officer

Harold Perrin

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Royal Navy officer
Gender:
Male
Places:
United Kingdom
Is:
AviatorPilotAircraft pilotOfficerNavy officerNoble
Work field:
MilitaryRoyals
Birth:
1878
Death:
9 April 1948
Awards:
Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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Harold Perrin in 1928

Lieutenant-Commander Harold Ernest Perrin CBE (c.1878–9 April 1948) was a British aviation pioneer. He was secretary of the Royal Aero Club from 1903 to 1945, and in this capacity signed more than 20,000 private pilots' licences. Perrin was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1936.