British Aircraft Manufacturer
Index of British Aircraft by Armstrong Whitworth
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Company Details |
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Company Name: |
Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Co Ltd |
Formed: |
1913 |
Sites: |
Gosforth Parkside Whitley Abbey Baginton Bitteswell |
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History |
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1897: |
Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd founded in Newcastle upon Tyne |
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1913: |
Company begins work on aircraft with formation of an 'Aerial department' |
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1919: |
Aircraft work stops at Newcastle, Armstrong Whitworth buys Siddeley Deasy of Coventry |
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1920: |
Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Co Ltd formed |
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1935: |
Company sold to Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co |
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1961: |
Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Co Ltd is merged with the Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd within the Hawker Siddeley group |