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Beatrice Shilling

July 19, 2017 in Modern Worthies

Beatrice Shilling

Pioneering Aviation Engineer

This engineer fixed a flaw in the allies' planes, allowing them to dive just as well as the Germans' - an innovation instrumental to winning the war.

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