biography
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| lived:
| (1917–2002)
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| biography:
| Military and civil aircraft pilot, born in Croydon, S Greater London, UK. He attended the Whitgift School and was apprenticed to the De Havilland Aircraft Company at Hatfield (1935–8). He became a group captain in 1944, specializing in night defence against German bombers, earning the title ‘Cat's Eyes Cunningham’ during this period. After World War 2 he became chief test pilot of the De Havilland Aircraft Company (1946–78) and then the chairman of the De Havilland Flying Foundation. |
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