Joseph Smith

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British person aeronautical engineer human

Joseph Smith was a British aeronautical engineer best known as the chief designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft during and after World War II.

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British person → aeronautical engineer → human →
awardReceived	Commander of the Order of the British Empire →
basedIn	Hampshire →
causeOfDeath	heart attack →
contributedTo	British fighter aircraft development in World War II →
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom →
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom →
dateOfBirth	1897-01-25 →
dateOfDeath	1956-02-20 →
designed	Supermarine Spitfire variants → later marks of the Supermarine Spitfire →
education	Birmingham Municipal Technical School →
employedBy	Supermarine Aviation Works →
employer	Supermarine → Vickers-Armstrongs →
era	20th century →
familyName	Smith →
fieldOfWork	aeronautical engineering → aircraft design →
fullName	Joseph Smith →
gender	male →
givenName	Joseph →
honorificTitle	CBE →
industry	aerospace industry →
knownFor	chief designer of the Supermarine Spitfire →
militaryBranchSupported	Fleet Air Arm → Royal Air Force →
nationality	British →
notableFor	developing the Spitfire from early to late-war marks →
notableWork	Supermarine Spitfire →
occupation	aeronautical engineer → aircraft designer →
participatedIn	World War II aircraft development →
placeOfBirth	Birmingham →
placeOfDeath	Southampton →
positionHeld	chief designer at Supermarine →
precededBy	R. J. Mitchell →
residence	Southampton →
workedOn	Supermarine Attacker → Supermarine Seafire → Supermarine Spiteful → Supermarine Swift → naval versions of the Spitfire →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Supermarine Spiteful →	designer
Supermarine →	keyPerson