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The Peaton Shadow Factory

By Bernard O'Connor

The Peaton Shadow Factory Politics & History

The Peaton Shadow Factory

By Bernard O'Connor

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Before the Second World War, the British Air Ministry needed more aircraft . An arrangement was made with motor manufacturers to make aircraft components. The Shadow Factory Scheme was introduced whereby experienced automobile engineers 'shadowed' aircraft engineers to learn their skills. Existing machines were modified and specialised new equipment was installed in the motor works. Hurry Water Heaters of Birmingham had a contract to make the fuel tanks for Short Stirling bombers. The finished products were taken to be fitted in the Austin Motor Company's Works in Bromsgrove. 'When Hurry's factory was bombed, the undamaged machinery and many of their skilled welders and riveters were relocated to an empty cow house in the remote hamlet of Peaton, near Diddlebury, Shropshire.Local men and women were recruited and between 1941 and 1945, fuel tanks were made and transported by lorry to the 'Aero' works where they were fitted into the wings and tail planes of the Stirlings.Bernard O'Connor has researched the history of this shadow factory using accounts found in local history books and magazines and interviews with local people who remembered it.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
58
Release Date:
2021-05-28
Publication Date:
2021-05-28
Publisher:
Lulu.com
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
100891200X
ISBN13:
9781008912007
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
125 g
Height:
148 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
4 cm
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