Well, George Bulman was Chief Test Pilot from 1925 to 1945. I believe Trevor Wade succeeded him until he was killed on 3 APR 51, flying the P1081 prototype. There was a 10 day gap between his crash and Neville Duke's appointment as CTP.
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