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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

(1917-2002), Executive Director of British Aerospace; de Havilland test pilot

Sitter in 15 portraits
Best known as 'Cats Eyes Cunningham', the Croydon-born military civil aircraft pilot John Cunningham became a Group Captain in 1944 and specialised in night defence flying against German bombers. After the Second World War was the chief test pilot of the De Havilland Aircraft Company (1946-78) and Chairman of the De Havilland Flying Foundation.

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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham, by Unknown photographer - NPG x7079

John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1960s
NPG x7079

John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham, by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies - NPG x32709

John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies
bromide print, 1988
NPG x32709

John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham, by Julian Anderson - NPG x87806

John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Julian Anderson
C-type colour print, August 1996
NPG x87806

John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham, by Dan Patterson - NPG x126200

John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Dan Patterson
colour print, 1999
NPG x126200

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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1942
NPG x81816

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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative, 1942
NPG x81817

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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1946
NPG x86906

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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1946
NPG x86907

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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1946
NPG x86908

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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 1946
NPG x95139

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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 1946
NPG x95140

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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 1946
NPG x95141

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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 1946
NPG x95142

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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative
NPG x82668

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John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham

by Elliott & Fry
half-plate negative
NPG x82669

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