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After the war, Bishop became the design director on the company's board of directors on 27 December 1946 until February 1964, when he retired. Later that year in October, he received the Gold Medal of the RAeS.
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had not been amenable to the radical and untried idea of an unarmed bomber, let alone one made of a seemingly obsolete material like wood, and did not fund the design. But
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Bishop became the Chief Designer in 1936, taking over from Arthur Hagg. The first aircraft for which he was responsible was the
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as an apprentice aged 18 in 1921, and would work there for the next 43 years. He joined the company's design office in 1923.
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was interested and boldly championed the concept; through official scepticism the plane became known as
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used one to journey to France in the early months of the war before Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo).
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Starting in 1938, the outstanding achievement of his design office was the DH.98
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of the First World War. On 5 May 1943 its high speed prowess was announced.
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In December 1954, Tim Wilkins became head of design at de Havilland.
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in 1936. They had two sons (one born in 1947). He received the CBE
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Bishop 24: 2326:1989 deaths 2321:1903 births 2223:DH.88 Comet 2035:DH.104 Dove 1899:DH.27 Derby 1894:DH.14 Okapi 1650:Hornet Moth 1630:Hermes Moth 1520:Comet (jet) 1515:Cirrus Moth 584:Tim Wilkins 552:Der Spiegel 425:He died in 420:South Holme 292:The jet age 201:, England. 122:Employer(s) 117:Aeronautics 2310:Categories 2157:DH.60 Moth 2091:DH.60 Moth 1695:Moth Minor 1690:Moth Major 1675:Metal Moth 1620:Gipsy Moth 1605:Genet Moth 768:In fiction 482:References 209:He joined 195:Kensington 189:Early life 114:Discipline 83:Occupation 63:1989-06-12 44:Kensington 21:Ron Bishop 19:See also: 2182:DH.93 Don 1918:Passenger 1740:Sea Venom 1735:Sea Vixen 1730:Queen Bee 1725:Puss Moth 1640:Highclere 1625:Hawk Moth 1575:Dragonfly 1555:Doncaster 1500:Albatross 871:numerical 773:Operators 683:incidents 679:accidents 461:Lancaster 427:St Albans 416:Harpenden 405:Fieldgate 375:Sea Vixen 128:1921–1964 77:, England 71:St Albans 50:, England 2145:Trainers 1781:Fighters 1680:Mosquito 1595:Fox Moth 1590:Flamingo 1585:Hercules 1510:Canberra 873:sequence 862:aircraft 634:variants 578:1936-54 476:Canberra 441:See also 410:Redbourn 397:Rochford 330:Mosquito 325:Flamingo 258:Mosquito 99:Children 86:Engineer 1852:Bombers 1774:By role 1760:Vampire 1755:Trident 1600:Gazelle 1580:Express 1545:Dominie 1540:Dolphin 1493:By name 418:, then 340:Vampire 304:Designs 252:Wartime 61: ( 2248:Drones 2201:Racers 2069:Sports 2060:DH.125 1843:DH.116 1720:Oxford 1710:Ninack 1705:M'pala 1665:Mantis 1645:Hornet 1565:Dragon 1505:Amiens 1484:DH.126 1479:DH.125 1474:DH.123 1469:DH.122 1464:DH.121 1459:DH.120 1454:DH.119 1449:DH.118 1444:DH.116 1439:DH.115 1434:DH.114 1429:DH.113 1424:DH.112 1419:DH.110 1414:DH.108 1409:DH.106 1404:DH.105 1399:DH.104 1394:DH.103 1389:DH.102 1384:DH.101 1379:DH.100 756:(2006) 750:(1995) 744:(1995) 738:(1970) 732:(1967) 716:(1961) 710:(1954) 704:(1954) 698:(1953) 692:(1952) 672:topics 646:Nimrod 628:family 384:Nimrod 373:DH106 364:DH.108 335:Hornet 268:. 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Index

Ron Bishop
Kensington
London
St Albans
Hertfordshire
de Havilland
de Havilland Mosquito
de Havilland Comet
CBE
FRAeS
de Havilland Mosquito
Second World War
de Havilland Comet
Kensington
London
de Havilland
DH.95 Flamingo
Winston Churchill
Richard Clarkson
Hawker Siddeley Trident
Mosquito
Supermarine Spitfire
Air Ministry
Air Chief Marshal
Wilfrid Freeman
Airco DH.10 Amiens

571 Squadron
Flamingo
Mosquito

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