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摘要

Gifted, but by all accounts difficult to work with, William Edward Willoughby Petter was just 30 when the twin-engined fighter he had designed first took to the air. 'Teddy' was the eldest son of Sir Ernest Petter, who became the chairman of Petters Ltd, of which the Yeovil-based Westland was a sub-division until it became a separate company in 1935. With a 'First' in mechanical engineering from Cambridge, he joined the aircraft division of his family firm as an apprentice, working in every department.