Oliver Bryson
Oliver Campbell Bryson, GC, MC, DFC and Bar (18 August 1896 – 27 March 1977), was a career Royal Air Force officer who served in both World Wars. He was a flying ace credited with 12 aerial victories during World War I.
Read more about Oliver Bryson: World War I Service, Post World War I, Honours and Awards
Famous quotes containing the words oliver and/or bryson:
“The King [Charles II] after the Restoration accused the poet, Edmund Waller, of having made finer verses in praise of Oliver Cromwell than of himself; to which he agreed, saying, that Fiction was the soul of Poetry.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“You can always tell a Midwestern couple in Europe because they will be standing in the middle of a busy intersection looking at a wind-blown map and arguing over which way is west. European cities, with their wandering streets and undisciplined alleys, drive Midwesterners practically insane.”
—Bill Bryson (b. 1951)