The growth of the company is shown by
the following statistics: -
|
Year
|
Employees |
|
Area (Sq Ft) |
|
| 1924 |
51 |
|
104,128 |
|
| 1936 |
2,345 |
|
473,442 |
|
| 1944 |
12,873 |
|
2,380,875 |
|
| 1958 |
9,085 |
|
1,977,000 |
|
| 1960 |
11,210 |
|
2,184,390 |
The production achievement is shown
by the following figures attained over
the years 1939 to 1959: -
|
Whitley |
|
1,814 |
|
Lancaster |
|
1,329 |
|
Lincoln |
|
299 |
|
Meteor |
|
1,067 |
|
Sea Hawk |
|
490 |
|
Hunter |
|
279 |
|
Javelin |
|
133 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
5,411 |
This represents more than one complete
aircraft every working day for twenty years.
Whitley (1930s)
Baginton (1950s)