de Havilland
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![Building Mosquito aircraft at the de Havilland factory in Hatfield, 1943](/Images/godic/202501/08/Building_Mosquito_Aircraft_at_the_De_Havilland_Factory_in_Hatfield,_1943_TR14264505.jpg")
![The first de Havilland DH106 Comet prototype at Hatfield in 1949](/Images/godic/202501/08/Dh_Comet4505.jpg")
![The de Havilland Biplane No. 2 or F.E.1 in flight, circa 1911](/Images/godic/202501/08/De_Havilland_biplane_RAE-O1414505.jpg")
De Havilland Aircraft Company Limited /dəˈhævᵻlənd/ was a British aviation manufacturer established in late 1920 by Geoffrey de Havilland at Stag Lane Aerodrome Edgware on the outskirts of north London. Operations were later moved to Hatfield in Hertfordshire.