3 June 1930

Aviation,
Miss Amy Johnson, C.B.E., 10 May 1932. (Bassano, Ltd./© National Portrait Gallery, London

CENTRAL CHANCERY OF THE ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD.

St. James Palace, S.W. 1,

3rd June, 1930.

     The KING has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of His Majesty’s Birthday, to give orders for the following appointments to the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire :—

To be Commander of the Civil Division of the said Most Excellent order :—

Miss Amy Johnson, in recognition of her outstanding flight to Australia.

—SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON GAZETTE, 3 JUNE, 1930.     3481

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About Bryan Swopes

Bryan R. Swopes grew up in Southern California in the 1950s–60s, near the center of America's aerospace industry. He has had a life-long interest in aviation and space flight. Bryan is a retired commercial helicopter pilot and flight instructor.