Person

Fleming, Ian Bowman (1913 - 1993)

OBE FTSE

Born
24 June 1913
Died
1993
Occupation
Engineer

Summary

Ian Bowman Fleming was director of the project that led to the successful development of JINDIVIK, an unmanned target aircaft, around 1950. He was educated at the Universities of Sydney (BE) and Cambridge (MSc) and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE).

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Chronology

1939 - 1943
Career position - Assistant Designer, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
1943 - 1947
Career position - Engineer, Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
1947 - 1957
Career position - Chief Designer, Government Aircraft Factories
1957 - 1958
Career position - General Manager, Aircraft Factories, Department of Defence Production
1958
Award - Order of the British Empire - Officer (Civil) (Imperial) - In recognition of service to the aircraft industry.
1958 - 1967
Career position - Controller, Aircraft and Guided Weapon Supply, Commonwealth Department of Supply
1967 - 1976
Career position - Controller, Aircraft, Guided Weapons and Electronic Supply, Department of Industry and Commerce
1971 - 1973
Career position - President, Royal Aeronautical Society, Australian Division
1976 - 1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences (FTS)
1987
Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (FTSE) [Awarded by AATS 1976]

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Journal Articles

  • Fleming, I. B., 'Thirty years later - Jindivik in retrospect', Aerospace, 6 (9) (1979). Details

Resources

See also

  • Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_f.html. Details
  • Wisdom, John, A History of Defence Science in Australia (Melbourne: Defence Science and Technology Organisation, 1995), 267 pp. Details

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