De Havilland
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The de Havilland Aircraft Company Limited was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London. Operations were later moved to Hatfield in Hertfordshire.
Building Mosquito aircraft at the de Havilland factory in Hatfield, 1943
The first de Havilland DH106 Comet prototype at Hatfield in 1949, a symbol of the new technological age.
The de Havilland Biplane No. 2 or F.E.1 in flight, circa 1911
A de Havilland Airco DH9 on display at the Imperial War Museum Duxford in 2008
Geoffrey de Havilland
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Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, 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.
Painting of de Havilland
Blue plaque, 32 Baron's Court Road, Barons Court, London
de Havilland (far left), with fellow officers of the RFC c1913
Statue at the University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield