Word: trounson
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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Died. Francis Trounson Hearle, 78, co-founder and onetime chairman (1950-54) of Britain's vast De Havilland Aircraft Co., an ex-mechanic who helped Sir Geoffrey de Havilland build his first biplane in 1908, later masterminded D.H.'s massive World War II output, including 7,781 Mosquitoes, the famed twin-engined plywood bombers that could hit 404 m.p.h.; of a ruptured aorta; in Hertfordshire, England...