Jim Mollison MBE
(1905-1959)

pioneer aviator, Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and 1st person to make a successful non-stop solo flight across the North Atlantic in the more difficult westerly direction (from 1932)

Died aged c. 54

James Allan Mollison MBE (19 April 1905 – 30 October 1959) was a Scottish pioneer aviator who, flying solo or with his wife, Amy Johnson, set many records during the rapid development of aviation in the 1930s.

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The birthplace of pioneer aviator James Allan Mollison M.B.E. 1905 - 1959 the first person to make a successful non-stop solo flight across the North Atlantic in the more difficult westerly direction. 18th / 19th August 1932

33 Fotheringay Road, Pollockshields, G41 4NL, Glasgow, United Kingdom where they was born (1905)