John ('Cats Eyes') Cunningham
(1917-2002), Executive Director of British Aerospace; de Havilland test pilotSitter 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.
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1946
NPG x86906
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1946
NPG x86907
by Elliott & Fry
bromide print, 1946
NPG x86908
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1960s
NPG x7079
by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies
bromide print, 1988
NPG x32709
by Julian Anderson
C-type colour print, August 1996
NPG x87806
by Dan Patterson
colour print, 1999
NPG x126200
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 1946
NPG x95139
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 1946
NPG x95140
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 1946
NPG x95141
by Elliott & Fry
quarter-plate glass negative, 1946
NPG x95142
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