Sir W. G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Limited

The Factories

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)


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