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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Geoffrey_de_Havilland_JrGeoffrey de Havilland Jr. - Wikipedia

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   Geoffrey de Havilland (father) John de Havilland (brother) Dame Olivia de Havilland (cousin) Joan Fontaine (cousin) Geoffrey Raoul de Havilland Jr., OBE (18 February 1910 – 27 September 1946) was a British test pilot. He was the son of Geoffrey de Havilland, the English aviation pioneer and aircraft designer. [1]

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   Sep 20, 2021 · The DH.98 Mosquito prototype flown by Geoffrey de Havilland Jr. (Image: de Havilland Aircraft Museum) The Mosquito would go on to help swing the Second World War in favour of the Allies, going ...

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   Geoffrey de Havilland. Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer. The aircraft company he founded produced the Mosquito, which has been considered the most versatile warplane ever built, [1] and his Comet was the first jet airliner to go into ...

5. www.thisdayinaviation.com › 27-september-194627 September 1946 | This Day in Aviation

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   Sep 27, 2023 · 27 September 1946: Geoffrey Raoul de Havilland, Jr., O.B.E., Chief Test Pilot of the de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., and the son of the firm’s founder, was killed during a test flight of a prototype DH.108 Swallow, TG306. Geoffrey de Havilland, Jr., in the cockpit of the second DH.108 Swallow prototype, TG306.

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   Nov 25, 2023 · The prototype de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito, W4050, takes off on its first flight at Hatfield, 25 November 1940. (BAE Systems) 25 November 1940: De Havilland Aircraft Company’s Chief Test Pilot, Geoffrey Raoul de Havilland, Jr., and engineer John Walker, made the first flight of the DH.98 Mosquito prototype, E0234, at Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England.

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   Geoffrey Raoul de Havilland Jr., OBE (18 February 1910 – 27 September 1946) was a British test pilot. He was the son of Geoffrey de Havilland, the English aviation pioneer and aircraft designer.

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   Who was Sir Geoffrey de Havilland?

   • Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer. The aircraft company he founded produced the Mosquito, which has been considered the most versatile warplane ever built, and his Comet was the first jet airliner to go into production.

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   How did Geoffrey de Havilland die?

   • Broad left the company in 1935 and Waight took his place, but he was killed in the de Havilland T.K.4 crash in October 1937, and Geoffrey de Havilland Jr. then became the company's chief test pilot at the age of 27. Waight's death plunged Geoffrey into the development trials of the Albatross.

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   Who was Geoffrey Raoul de Havilland?

   • Geoffrey Raoul de Havilland was born on 18 February 1910 at Crux Easton, Hampshire, the son of Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, founder of the de Havilland Aircraft Company, and his wife, Louise (1881–1949). Geoffrey was the eldest of three children, the others being Peter Jason (born in 1913) and John (born in 1918). [citation needed].

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   When did Geoffrey de Havilland retire?

   • Geoffrey de Havilland retired from active involvement in his company in 1955, though remaining as president. He controlled the company until it was bought by the Hawker Siddeley Company in 1960. De Havilland continued flying up to the age of 70. In 1918, de Havilland was made an OBE, and was honoured with a CBE in 1934.

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   Jul 27, 2016 · After the Second World War de Havilland continued with advanced designs in both the military and civil fields, but several public disasters doomed the company as an independent entity. The experimental tailless jet-powered de Havilland DH 108 Swallow crashed in the Thames Estuary, killing Geoffrey de Havilland, Jr., son of the company’s founder.