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Lieutenant-Colonel
Sir Francis McClean
AFC DL
Lt-Col. Frank McClean in 1919
Born
Francis Kennedy McClean

(1876-02-01)1 February 1876
Westminster, London
Died11 August 1955(1955-08-11) (aged 79)
London
NationalityBritish
OccupationCivil engineer
Known forPioneer aviator

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis Kennedy McClean, AFC DL (1 February 1876 – 11 August 1955) was a British civil engineer and pioneer aviator.[1]

Sir Francis was one of the founding members of the Royal Aero Club and one of the founders of naval aviation and amateur flying.[1]

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