Portrait of test pilot Neville Duke. Neville Frederick Duke, DSO, OBE, DFC & Two Bars, AFC, FRAeS (1922 – 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 mph (1, km/h) over Littlehampton. (wikipedia)

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