About: Florence Kerr Wilson

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Florence Kerr Wilson OBE (1879-September 1966) was a pioneer of aviation in East Africa. She founded and operated Wilson Airways Ltd., which operated from airfields in Nairobi from 1929 until the airline was absorbed by the Kenyan military in 1939 at the outbreak of World War II. She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (civil division) in 1933 for her service to civil aviation. She died at her home in Kenya on September 29, 1966. The Wilson Airport in Nairobi was named for her in 1962. Florence Kerr Fernie was born at Blundellsands, near Liverpool, in 1879. Her family were wealthy ship owners. In 1902 she married William Herbert Wilson (1866-1928), who became a Major in the British Army. After World War I the couple emigrated to Kenya and took up farming. Major Wilson d

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  • Florence Kerr Wilson OBE (1879-September 1966) was a pioneer of aviation in East Africa. She founded and operated Wilson Airways Ltd., which operated from airfields in Nairobi from 1929 until the airline was absorbed by the Kenyan military in 1939 at the outbreak of World War II. She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (civil division) in 1933 for her service to civil aviation. She died at her home in Kenya on September 29, 1966. The Wilson Airport in Nairobi was named for her in 1962. Florence Kerr Fernie was born at Blundellsands, near Liverpool, in 1879. Her family were wealthy ship owners. In 1902 she married William Herbert Wilson (1866-1928), who became a Major in the British Army. After World War I the couple emigrated to Kenya and took up farming. Major Wilson died in 1928. (en)
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  • Florence Kerr Wilson OBE (1879-September 1966) was a pioneer of aviation in East Africa. She founded and operated Wilson Airways Ltd., which operated from airfields in Nairobi from 1929 until the airline was absorbed by the Kenyan military in 1939 at the outbreak of World War II. She was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (civil division) in 1933 for her service to civil aviation. She died at her home in Kenya on September 29, 1966. The Wilson Airport in Nairobi was named for her in 1962. Florence Kerr Fernie was born at Blundellsands, near Liverpool, in 1879. Her family were wealthy ship owners. In 1902 she married William Herbert Wilson (1866-1928), who became a Major in the British Army. After World War I the couple emigrated to Kenya and took up farming. Major Wilson d (en)
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  • Florence Kerr Wilson (en)
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