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John de Havilland (pilot) (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "John de Havilland (pilot)" in English language version.

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  • Burke, B. (1965). Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry: Founded 1836 by John Burke and Sir Bernard Burke. Burke's Peerage. p. 196. ISBN 9780850110067. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  • Society, H.L.H. (2016). Taking Off: Memories of de Havilland at Hatfield. Hatfield Local History Society. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-9928416-5-2. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  • Aeronautics. 1943. p. 16. Retrieved 13 February 2018. John de Havilland was 25, single, and lived at Bushey Heath. As soon as he was old enough to do so he followed the examples of his father and two brothers, Geoffrey and Peter, and qualified as a pilot. He entered the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve some time before the outbreak of war, and was a sergeant-pilot. He was mobilised immediately hostilities opened, and joined his unit. Subsequently, when the de Havilland Company was in urgent need of test pilots, he was released ...
  • Kingdom, Royal Aero Club of the United; Club, United Service and Royal Aero (1943). Flight International. IPC Transport Press Limited. p. 249. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  • Lawrence, B.G. (2016). Hatfield at War: The story of life in a small town in 1939–45. Hatfield Local History Society. p. 62. ISBN 978-0-9928416-6-9. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
  • Kingdom, Royal Aero Club of the United (1960). Flight International. IPC Transport Press Limited. p. 135. Retrieved 13 February 2018. The John de Havilland Scholarship Fund, in memory of Sir Geoffrey and Lady de Havilland's third son (killed in a flying accident in 1943), has been administered by the SBAC since 1948. Until last year, it was used to give financial help to boys wishing to take up an apprenticeship in the aircraft industry; but now this new form of award has been devised, emphasizing the spirit of adventure and use of initiative and resource. ...