Duke, Neville
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Name (Latin)
Duke, Neville
Date of birth
1922-01-11
Date of death
2007-04-07
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- His Test pilot, 1953.
- Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02(b. 1922)
- The war diaries of Neville Duke, c1995:t.p. (Squadron Leader N.F. Duke DSO, OBE, DFC & 2 Bars, AFC, MC(Cz) 1941-44) p. 1 (b. Jan. 11, 1922)
- Times online WWW site, Apr 16, 2007(Squadron Leader Neville Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC and two Bars, AFC; b. Neville Frederick Duke, Jan. 11, 1922; d. Apr. 7, 2007; prolific wartime fighter ace who became a top test pilot and broke the world air speed record in a Hawker Hunter in 1953)
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Neville Duke
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Wikipedia description:
Neville Frederick Duke, (11 January 1922 – 7 April 2007) was a British test pilot and fighter ace of the Second World War. He was credited with the destruction of 27 enemy aircraft. After the war, Duke was acknowledged as one of the world's foremost test pilots. In 1953, he became holder of the world air speed record when he flew a Hawker Hunter at 727.63 mph (1,171.01 km/h) over Littlehampton.
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