Jeffrey Kindersley Quill, OBE, AFC, FRAeS died on this day. He was a British test pilot who served on secondment with the Royal Air Force and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the Second World War.
Toru Takemitsu, a renowned Japanese composer known for his innovative and influential work in contemporary classical music, also passed away on this day
He was also the second man to fly the Supermarine Spitfire after Vickers Aviation's chief test pilot, Joseph "Mutt" Summers.
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After succeeding Summers as Vickers' chief test pilot, Quill test-flew every mark of Spitfire.
Quill's work on the aircraft aided its development from a promising but untried prototype to become, with the Hawker Hurricane, an instrument of the Royal Air Force's victory in the Battle of Britain.
The Spitfire later played a leading role in gaining Allied air superiority over Europe.Quill later wrote two books about the Spitfire
Toru Takemitsu, a renowned Japanese composer known for his innovative and influential work in contemporary classical music, passed away on this day
Takemitsu was a pivotal figure in 20th-century music, bridging traditional Japanese musical aesthetics with Western avant-garde compositional techniques.
His compositions often explored the delicate balance between silence and sound, and he was highly respected internationally for his unique musical voice.