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  • 11De Havilland Mosquito — Infobox Aircraft name= DH.98 Mosquito type=Fast bomber, fighter bomber, and night fighter manufacturer=de Havilland Aircraft Company caption= Mosquito B Mark IV Series 2, DK338 , in flight after completion c. 1942. IWM Collection designer=Ronald… …

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  • 12Hans Hollmann — Hans Erich (Eric) Hollmann (4 November, 1899 19 November 1960) was a German electronic specialist who made several breakthroughs in the development of radar.Hollmann was born in Solingen, Germany. He became interested in radio and even as a… …

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  • 13Battlecruiser — Battlecruisers were large warships in the first half of the 20th century that were first introduced by the British Royal Navy. The battlecruiser was developed as the successor to the armoured cruisers, but their evolution was more closely linked… …

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  • 14History of astronomical interferometry — See also: astronomical interferometerWilliam Herschel knew as early as 1779 (Herschel 1805) that stars appeared much larger in telescopes than they really were but he did not know why. When Thomas Young demonstrated interference and the wave… …

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  • 15U-boat — is the anglicized version of the German word Audio|De U Boot pronunciation.ogg| U Boot , itself an abbreviation of Unterseeboot (undersea boat), and refers to military submarines operated by Germany, particularly in World War I and World War II.… …

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  • 16Bristol Beaufighter — The Bristol Beaufighter is also the name of a car produced by Bristol Cars in the 1980s. Infobox Aircraft name= Type 156 Beaufighter type= Heavy fighter / strike aircraft manufacturer= Bristol Aeroplane Company Fairey Aviation Company Ministry of …

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  • 17Operation Steinbock — A Heinkel He 177 takes off for a sortie, 1944 …

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  • 18de Havilland Mosquito operational history — Mosquito B XVI of 571 Squadron, 1944 The de Havilland Mosquito served in many roles during and after the Second World War. Mosquito equipped squadrons were asked to perform medium bomber, reconnaissance, tactical strike, anti submarine warfare… …

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  • 19Randall , Sir John Turton — (1905–1984) British physicist The son of a nurseryman, Randall was born at Newton le Willows, then in Lancashire, and educated at the University of Manchester. He began work with General Electric at their Wembley laboratory, originally seeking to …

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