Frances Bradfield

Frances Bradfield
Born 1896
Died 1967
Nationality British
Awards OBE 1947

Frances Beatrice Bradfield MA FRAeS (1896–1967) Was an aeronautical engineer at the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE) Farnborough who was in charge of the Wind Tunnels Section. Here she mentored many of the younger male engineers who joined the RAE.[1][2]

Her female colleagues included Beatrice Shilling and Johanna Weber.

She was

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References

  1. ↑ "John Charnley". Voices of Science. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Dennis Higton". Voices of Science. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. ↑ "The presence of 'girls' in labs - Sound and vision blog". blogs.bl.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
  4. ↑ "RAE WW2" (PDF). Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Bradfield, F.B.; Ellis, D.L. "The Use of Model Data in Aeroplane Design". The Woman Engineer. 4: 282–285.
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