E. E. Fresson

[1] On 12 January 1918, he was commissioned in the Royal Flying Corps of the British Army as a temporary second lieutenant (on probation).

[4] After the war he went back to China where he built, reassembled and designed aircraft for local dignitaries.

[7] In January 1929 with another Berkshire pilot he founded North British Aviation Co Ltd, based at Hooton Park on the Wirral Peninsula, Cheshire.

This company performed pleasure flights and air displays in the northwest of England, mainly using Avro 504K aircraft, and was incorporated into Alan Cobham's Flying Circus in 1933.

[9][10][11] In the 1943 Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in recognition of his work as Managing Director of Scottish Airways Limited.