Lieutenant Alfred Victor Blenkiron MC was a World War I flying ace credited with five aerial victories. Blenkiron joined the Royal Flying Corps after serving in the Somerset Light Infantry. He flew as an observer with No. 22 Squadron on the Western Front from 17 March to 8 August 1916, as an observer/gunner in the front of a FE.2b pusher. He accompanied this unit back into combat in France, and flying Sopwith Camel No. D9577, and forced down a Friedrichshafen G.III of Bogohl 3, which was captured.