# Harry Hawker

> Harry George Hawker, MBE, AFC was an Australian aviation pioneer. He was the chief test pilot for Sopwith and was also involved in the design of many of their aircraft. After the First World War, he co-founded Hawker Aircraft, the firm that would later be responsible for a long series of successful military aircraft. He died on 12 July 1921 when the aircraft he was to fly in the Aerial Derby crashed in a park at Burnt Oak, Edgware, not far from Hendon Aerodrome.

*Australian aviation pioneer (1889–1921)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** Australia
- **Born:** 1889-01-22
- **Died:** 1921-07-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q328337)

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