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From the Aeroplane Directory of British Aviation, 1962:

Jones, Captain Oscar Philip,CVO, OBE, FRGS, FRAeS, Special Liaison Officer. BOAC.
Born Oct 15th 1898. Served RFC and RAF 1914-18 War; Berkshire Aviation Tours 1920-22, with FJV Holmes; joined Instone Air Line, 1922, and continuously engaged as airline captain European, Empire and International Routes until 1955; Founder Pilot Imperial Airways, 1924, and BOAC, 1940; RAFO and RAFVR 1924-54; Hon Pilot Uruguayan Air Force, 1945; flew Prince of Wales from Paris-London, 1926; survey flight Sudan-Nigeria, 1935; proving flights, UK-Lisbon 1939; OC No.2 Pool ATA, 1940; Flight Captain North Atlantic and first BOAC landplane service, Canada-UK 1941; Flight Captain UK Landplanes and Officer i/c Training, 1942; proving flights UK-West Africa, 1943; first "Kangaroo" flights Australia-Ceylon, 1944; survey flight BSAA route, 1945; first BOAC London-New York service, 1946; first New York-London "Monarch" service, 1951; flew HM The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to Canada, 1951; Founder Member and Warden and Past Deputy Master GAPAN; Master Pilot's Certificate No.8 and FAI Gliding Certificate "C"; Cumberbatch Trophy, 1931; Air Efficiency Award, 1943; Britannia Trophy, 1951; Wg Cdr RAFO 1945; President "25" Club, 1952; Guild Master Pilot Award, 1953; has flown over 21,600 hours on 118 types of aircraft and carried 139,000 passengers. Clubs: RAeC, RAF Reserves.

At the time that was written he lived in Pulborough.

There is a massive amount about him on Google...

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