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Man in military uniform and glasses uses a slide rule while holding a cigarette, with an open book on the desk before him.

Frank Whittle

Sir Frank Whittle

Sir Frank Whittle inventor of the jet engine lived in Trumpington while a student

Sir Frank Whittle (1907-96), an aeronautical engineer who invented the jet engine, lived at 12 Hauxton Road, Trumpington while a student at Cambridge University in the 1930s.

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Trumpington

The Bakehouse

Trumpington War Memorial

1 Chaucer Close

Clay Farm Paragon and Seven Acres

28 & 30 High Street, Trumpington

Trumpington Road

Trumpington Meadows

18 Latham Road

1 Southacre Drive

Early milestones: Cambridge to Barkway