Florence Kerr Wilson OBE (1879 – September 1966) was a pioneer of aviation in East Africa.
Florence Kerr Fernie was born in England at Blundellsands, near Liverpool, in 1879.
Early in 1929, Florence Kerr Wilson had to travel to the UK for business; instead of taking a long sea voyage, she arranged to fly to England with pilot Tom Campbell Black and flight engineer Archie Watkins.
In July 1929 she invested 50,000 UK pounds to found Wilson Airways, with Black and Watkins as flight crew and with a newly purchased Gipsy Moth as their first aircraft.
Wilson Airways became a busy charter service and also implemented scheduled passenger and mail air service in Kenya, connecting to intercontinental flights by Imperial Airways.