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Peter Twiss
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Peter_Twiss
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:human
gptkbp:aircraftFlown
gptkb:Fairey_Delta_2
gptkbp:awarded
gptkb:Order_of_the_British_Empire
Air Force Cross
gptkbp:birthDate
1921-07-23
gptkbp:birthPlace
gptkb:Lyndhurst,_Hampshire,_England
gptkbp:children
2
gptkbp:deathDate
2011-08-31
gptkbp:deathPlace
gptkb:London,_England
gptkbp:education
gptkb:Sherborne_School
gptkbp:fullName
gptkb:Lionel_Peter_Twiss
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Peter Twiss
gptkbp:militaryBranch
gptkb:Royal_Navy
gptkbp:militaryRank
Commander
gptkbp:nationality
British
gptkbp:notableAchievement
first person to fly faster than 1,000 mph in a jet aircraft
gptkbp:occupation
gptkb:naval_officer
gptkb:pilot
gptkbp:servedIn
gptkb:Korean_War
gptkb:Second_World_War
gptkbp:setWorldRecord
gptkb:World_air_speed_record_(1956)
gptkbp:spouse
gptkb:Jane_de_Lucey
gptkb:Sarah_Hayward
gptkb:Valerie_Hobson
gptkbp:subjectOf
autobiography 'Faster than the Sun'
obituaries in The Telegraph and The Guardian
gptkbp:testPiloted
gptkb:Fairey_Aviation_Company
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Fairey_Delta_2
gptkbp:bfsLayer
7