Our Atlantic Attempt (1919)

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Harry Hawker (1889-1921) was an Australian aviation pioneer who was chief test pilot for the Sopwith Aviation Company during the First World War, when the company was responsible for producing some of the most important British aeroplanes, notably the Sopwith Camel. After the war Hawker, Tom Sopwith, Fred Sigist and Bill Eyre founded what would eventually become Hawker Siddeley Aircraft, manufacturer of the Hawker Hurricane, workhorse of R.A.F. Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain.K. Mackenzie Grieve was an officer in the Royal Navy