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Bentfield Charles Hucks (25 October 1884 – 7 November 1918) was an aviation innovator in the early 20th century. As well as test flying numerous aircraft types, he was the first Briton to perform a 
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in an aircraft, which he performed in his Blériot at Hendon
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airfield in September 1913. He is also credited with the Hucks starter and many feats of test flying during the First World War, while working at Hendon for Airco.
Life
Hucks was born on 25 October 1884 at Bentfield End, Stansted, Essex the son of William and Kate Hucks. Hucks gained his Royal Aero Club certificate (number 91) in May, 1911, flying a Blackburn monoplane. He joined theRoyal Flying Corps
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. But he was sent home invalid after an attack of pleurisy before working as a test pilot at Hendon, north-west London.
He died on 7 November 1918, just days before the end of the First World War, of double pneumonia. He was buried on the eastern side of Highgate Cemetery.
References
External links
Bentfield C. Hucks; earlyaviators.com
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