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Marcel Lobelle (c. 1893–1967) was aBelgianaeronautical engineer who spent his professional career working inBritain.
He was born inKortrijk,Flanders, and fought in theBelgian Army at the start ofWorld War I, with the1st Regiment of Grenadiers. He was seriously wounded in the fighting for Tervaete during theBattle of the Yser in October 1914. On being discharged from the army in 1917, he moved toBritain, taking employment with theTarrant Company, and thenMartinsyde, before eventually becoming chief designer atFairey Aviation.
Lobelle left Fairey in 1940 and joined theR. Malcolm Company, which becameML Aviation in 1946 (afterNoel Mobbs and Lobelle, the managing director and chief designer respectively). He died atWexham Park Hospital on 30 August 1967. The death notice stated that he was aged 74 and that he was married to Doris.[1]
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