Supermarine- from dud designs to the Spitfire

Noel Pemberton Billing ran away from home to South Africa at age 13.
On return to the u.K. he founded Pemberton-Billing Ltd, maker of seaplanes, that turned into Supermarine Aviation Works. Wait, there is more. Inventor, parliamentarian, lawyer and publisher!

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