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Richard Milroy Clarkson OBE FCGI FRAeS (14 July 1904 – 7 October 1996) was a British aeronautical engineer with de Havilland, then Hawker Siddeley. He led the design of the HS121 Trident wing, certain features of which were subsequently used for the Airbus A300 wing in the late 1960s.
He was responsible for the aerodynamics of the de Havilland Mosquito. Flight International May 1943 The first Mosquito W4050 flew in November 1940. He became Head of Aerodynamics in 1935, and Assistant Chief Engineer in 1941. Flight International April 1952
He retired in February 1969. Flight International February 1969
He married Sylvia Paice in 1940, and they had one daughter. He received the OBE in the 1950 New Year Honours. He lived at Kinsbourne Green near Harpenden in the 1950s. Birmingham Daily Post Thursday 11 June 1953, page 9
In April 1964 he became a Fellow of City and Guilds. Flight International April 1964 He received the Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1966. From the Royal Society he received the Mullard Award in 1969 for his work on the Trident. Flight International 1969
He died in Somerset in 1996. Independent obituary
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