Frank Barnwell

Engineer, Military Person

1880 – 1938

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Who was Frank Barnwell?

Captain Frank Sowter Barnwell OBE AFC FRAeS BSc was a British aeronautical engineer. With his elder brother Harold he built the first successful powered aircraft made in Scotland and later went on to a career as an aircraft designer with the Bristol Aeroplane Company, designing aircraft such as the Bristol Fighter, the Bulldog and the Blenheim.

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Born
1880
Lewisham
Siblings
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Education
  • University of Glasgow
Died
Aug 2, 1938

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on July 23, 2013

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