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British Industrial History
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Robert Kronfeld
From Graces Guide
1904 Born[1] in Austria
1930 Arrived in Britain
1934 Robert Kronfeld acquired British Aircraft Co, later renamed as Kronfeld Ltd
1939 Managing director of a flying school; lived in Watlington, Oxon; he was given full exemption from internment[2]
1941 Flying Office Robert Kronfeld, of Watlington, was naturalised as a British citizen[3]
Transferred to the Airborne Forces Experimental Establishment
1943 Flight Lieutenant Robert KRONFELD (78782), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, was awarded the Air Force Cross[4]
Attained the rank of Squadron Leader
Post-WWII: freelance consultant and test pilot
1948 Robert Kronfeld of 46A, Greencroft Gardens, London, N W 6, Test Pilot, died on 12th February, 1948[5]. He was killed whilst testing the GAL.56 tailless glider on a flight from Lasham; he enabled his observer, Barry McGowan,to escape at low level before the glider crashed[6]