The Airco DH.9 was named after which British aviation pioneer?
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Airco DH.9 The Airco DH.9 (from de Havilland 9) – also known after 1920 as the de Havilland DH.9 – was a British single-engined biplane bomber developed and deployed during the First World War.
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Geoffrey de Havilland Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was a British aviation pioneer and aircraft engineer. His Mosquito 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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Freddie Laker Sir Frederick Alfred Laker (6 August 1922 – 9 February 2006) was an English airline entrepreneur, best known for founding Laker Airways in 1966, which went bankrupt in 1982. Known as "Freddie Laker", he was one of the first airline owners to adopt the "no-frills" airline business model that has since proven to be very successful worldwide with companies such as Southwest Airlines, Norwegian Air, Ryanair, easyJet, AirAsia and WestJet.
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Clayton Boyce Air Vice Marshal Clayton Descou Clement Boyce {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (19 September 1907 – 20 December 1987) was a senior Royal Air Force (RAF) officer.
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Jessie Miller Jessie Maude "Chubbie" Miller (1902 – 1972, London, England) was a pioneering Australian aviator.
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Gordon Lewis (engineer) Gordon Manns Lewis CBE FREng (24 June 1924 – 4 October 2010) was a British aeronautical engineer who made significant contributions to the arts and sciences of turbine engine design.
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George Holt Thomas George Holt Thomas (31 March 1869 – 1 January 1929) aviation industry pioneer and newspaper proprietor. Holt Thomas founded, in 1911, the business which became Aircraft Manufacturing Company Limited or Airco.
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Tom F. Hazell Thomas Falcon Hazell {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} & Bar (7 August 1892 – 4 September 1946) was a fighter pilot with the Royal Flying Corps, and later, the Royal Air Force during the First World War. Hazell scored 43 victories in 1917–18 making him the fifth most successful British "flying ace" of the war, and the third most successful Irish-born pilot, behind Edward Mannock and George McElroy, as well the only pilot to survive the war from both groups.
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Hubert Latham Arthur Charles Hubert Latham (10 January 1883 – 25 June 1912) was a French aviation pioneer. He was the first person to attempt to cross the English Channel in an aeroplane. Due to engine failure during his first of two attempts to cross the Channel, he became the first person to land an aeroplane on a body of water.
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Trafford Leigh-Mallory Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, (11 July 1892 – 14 November 1944) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. Leigh-Mallory served as a Royal Flying Corps pilot and squadron commander during the First World War. Remaining in the newly formed RAF after the war, Leigh-Mallory served in a variety of staff and training appointments throughout the 1920s and 1930s.
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Colin Falkland Gray Group Captain Colin Falkland Gray, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (9 November 1914 – 1 August 1995) was a Royal Air Force (RAF) officer and the top New Zealand fighter ace of the Second World War.
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F. L. Barnard Franklyn Leslie Barnard (2 November 1896 – 28 July 1927) was a British pilot, who took part in 1920s air races and airline flights. He was also known as Captain F. L. Barnard.
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Oliver Parks Oliver L. "Lafe" Parks (June 10, 1899 - February 28, 1985) was a pioneer in the fields of pilot training and aviation studies in the early decades of aviation.
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Claud Stokes Captain Claud Harry Stokes {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (16 March 1884 – 7 November 1918) was a British First World War flying ace credited with five aerial victories, all while flying the Airco DH.4.
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Hubert Patch Air Chief Marshal Sir Hubert Leonard Patch, (16 December 1904 – 18 November 1987) was a senior Royal Air Force commander.
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Cathcart Wight-Boycott Air Commodore Cathcart Michael Wight-Boycott CBE DSO and bar MA, RAF R’td (18 August 1910 – December 1998) was a British fighter pilot during the Second World War and a senior Royal Air Force officer during the post-war years. As an air commodore in 1961, Wight-Boycott became the 10th Commandant Royal Observer Corps.
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Frederick Britnell Squadron Leader Frederick John Shaw Britnell {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} was a flying ace in the Royal Naval Air Service and Royal Air Force during World War I. He was credited with nine aerial victories. He returned to service for World War II, remaining in the Royal Air Force until 1954.
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Edric Broadberry Captain Edric William Broadberry {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (14 December 1894 – 26 December 1967) was a British pilot. He began his military career during World War I. During that conflict, he would become a flying ace credited with eight confirmed aerial victories. He remained in service throughout World War II, and served his nation for 33 years, not retiring until 1947.
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Montagu Dawson Group Captain Montagu Ellis Hawkins Dawson DFC & Bar, DFM (9 September 1919 – 7 January 2003) was a British bombardier and navigator in the Royal Air Force.
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Samuel Frederick Henry Thompson Captain Samuel Frederick Henry "Siffy" Thompson {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (30 August 1890 – 27 September 1918) was a British World War I two-seater fighter ace who, in conjunction with his observer-gunners, was credited with thirty aerial victories (18 destroyed, 12 'out of control') before being was shot down and killed. Despite having an active fighter career of only five months, he reached the rank of captain and won two British military decorations.
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George Stainforth Wing Commander George Hedley Stainforth AFC RAF (1899 - 27 September 1942) was a British Royal Air Force pilot and the first man to exceed 400 miles per hour.
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Ronald Graham (RAF officer) Air Vice Marshal Ronald Graham, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (19 July 1896 – 23 June 1967) was a First World War flying ace of the Royal Naval Air Service. Remaining in the Royal Air Force after that war, he rose to the rank of air vice marshal during the Second World War.