Richard Walker (engineer)

Whilst at Hawkers he was seconded to a role in Sweden where he met his future wife.

[1] He joined the Gloster Aircraft Company in January 1937 as assistant chief designer.

[2] He would visit the Power Jets company in Leicestershire with Ivor James and Jack Lobley.

He was made an honorary member of the Institution of Engineering Draughtsmen and Designers in recognition of his work on the E28/39.

[3] In the early 1950s he designed the Gloster G.A.5 Javelin from F4/48, powered by the Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire[4] This was first flown on 26 November 1951 by Squadron Leader Bill Waterton AFC from the former RAF Moreton Valence south of Gloucester, mostly in the west of Haresfield and now directly on the M5 motorway south of junction 12 (B4008).