Hereward de Havilland (brother) Dame Olivia de Havilland (cousin) Joan Fontaine (cousin)
Military career
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1912–1919
Rank
Captain
Unit
Royal Flying Corps
Battles/wars
First World War
Awards
Air Force Cross (AFC) Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)
Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, OM, CBE, AFC, RDI, FRAeS (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) 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,[1] and his Comet was the first jet airliner to go into production.
^Davenport-Hines, Richard. "Havilland, Sir Geoffrey de (1882–1965)." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Ed. H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. Oxford University.
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