Hawker, Harry George (1889-1921), an Australian aviation pioneer, won fame as a pilot and aircraft engineer during World War I (1914-1918). He founded the Hawker Engineering company, which became part of the Hawker Siddeley group, a leading British aircraft-manufacturing company. Hawker was born on Jan. 22, 1889, in South Brighton (now Moorabbin), Victoria. He learned to fly in 1912 and soon became a leading test pilot. He was killed in an airplane crash near London on July 12, 1921.
