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Facts

Born July 27, 1882 • High Wycombe • England
Died May 21, 1965 (aged 82) • Watford • England

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John Knudsen Northrop, American aeronautical designer, 1949.
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Donald Douglas, 1970
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Maurice Farman, 1909
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Sir Frederick Handley Page
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