Commander Rupert Arnold Brabner DSO DSC (29 October 1911 – 27 March 1945) was a British Member of Parliament (MP) who served with the Royal Navy as a pilot in the Second World War and became an ace with 5.5 confirmed kills.

By profession, he was a banker and a director of Singer & Friedlander Ltd. Brabner became a member of London County Council for West Lewisham in 1937,[2] and served until his death.

[5] Brabner served as an officer of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War as a Fleet Air Arm pilot.

[6] After surviving the loss of the Eagle, he was appointed to the staff of Rear Admiral Clement Moody, in regard to aircraft carriers for landings in North Africa.

Commander Brabner died age 33 when the Liberator aircraft taking him to Canada with Air Marshal Peter Drummond was lost off the Azores.