Dr Clarke initially treats Frank Whittle as an RAF officer assigned temporarily to companies, while admitting that he would need to check those attachments. Whittle's RAF service to 1948 and rank of air commodore are offered in support of that interpretation. A viewer then brings up Power Jets, formed with two colleagues to develop his engine ideas, and its nationalization in 1944. The company attachments therefore remain uncertain in this account.
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Frank Whittle's RAF service and Power Jets
Whittle's company attachments remain uncertain as his RAF service is compared with the history of Power Jets.