Editing Gustav Hamel (section)

{{Short description|British aviator (1889–1914)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name =Gustav Hamel
| image =Gustav Hamel 1913.jpg  
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| caption = [[Postcard]] of Hamel, winner of the 1913 [[Aerial Derby]] at [[Hendon Aerodrome]]
| birth_name = Gustav Wilhelm Hamel | birth_date = 25 June 1889 | birth_place = Hamburg, Germany | death_date = c. 1914 (disappeared; aged 24 or 25)
| death_place=[[English Channel]]
| death_cause =
| disappeared_date = {{disappeared date and age|1914|5|23|1889|6|25|df=y}}
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| nationality =[[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]]
| other_names =
|known_for = [[Air race|Air racing]] <br> [[Airmail]] <br> [[Aerobatics]] <br> [[Aerobatic maneuver|Looping-the-loop]] <br> [[Transatlantic flight]]  
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| occupation = [[Aviator]] <br> Author| parents = | relatives = | signature = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Gustav Wilhelm Hamel''' (25 June 1889 &ndash; missing 23 May 1914) was a pioneer [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] aviator.  He was prominent in the early history of aviation in Britain, and in particular that of [[Hendon Aerodrome|Hendon airfield]], where [[Claude Graham-White]] was energetically developing and promoting flying.