His first "Whittle unit" ran sucsefully for the first time on April 12 1937. Thanks
to our friends at Wikipedia.
1930
Dr Hans Von Ohain and Sir Frank Whittle
He invented the jet engine.
Sir Frank Whittle came up with an idea of jet engine.
Sir Frank Whittle is generally accepted as the inventor of the modern turbo jet engine
Johnson Publications, not Sir Frank Whittle or Werner Von Braun!
The first jet engine was invented by a English engineer called Sir Frank Whittle
Sir Frank Whittle was born on June 1, 1907.
Sir Frank Whittle Medal was created in 2001.
Sir Frank Whittle was born on June 1, 1907.
Aviation pioneer Sir Frank Whittle was the son of Moses Whittle and his wife Sara Alice Garlick.
Sir Frank Whittle was a design engineer, not, to my knowledge a war pilot. He is credited with the adaptation to aircraft use of the Jet turbine or as he called it- Power Jets.