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De Havilland, Geoffrey |
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De Havilland, Geoffrey (1882-1965)English aircraft designer who designed and whose company produced the Moth biplane, the Mosquito fighter-bomber of World War II, and in 1949 the Comet, the world's first jet-driven airliner to enter commercial service. He was knighted in 1944. After designing a fighter and a bomber for use in World War I, he founded the De Havilland Aircraft Company in 1920. This was eventually absorbed into the Hawker Siddeley conglomerate.
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