Geoffrey de Havilland
1 aircraft·de Havilland·1931-1959
Geoffrey de Havilland built the Mosquito when the Air Ministry said a wooden bomber was retrograde. He was right; they were wrong. The 'Wooden Wonder' outran every fighter in the Luftwaffe and achieved the lowest loss rate in Bomber Command. He later produced the Comet, the world's first commercial jet airliner, and the Vampire, one of the first jet fighters. His willingness to challenge orthodoxy produced some of the most innovative aircraft in British history.
1930sde Havilland
