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alone, producing vehicles and munitions. Soon after the total destruction of the Alvis factory by enemy action in 1940 Alvis were operating eight dispersal factories and thus managed to resume deliveries of their most important products. They were allocated nine further dispersal factories following
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Due to the high priority placed on aircraft production, large numbers of workers were drafted with little experience or training in aircraft production, with over half the workforce eventually being female. At its peak the LAPG included 41 factories or sites, 600 sub-contractors and 51,000 employees,
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The White Paper on
Defence published in February 1937 revealed that steps had been taken to reduce the risk of air attack delivering a knockout blow on sources of essential supplies, even at the cost of some duplication, by building new satellite plants which would also draw labour from congested as
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and BSA immediately began a process of production dispersal throughout
Britain, through the shadow factory scheme. Later in the war BSA controlled 67 factories from its Small Heath office, employing 28,000 people operating 25,000 machine tools, and produced more than half the small arms supplied to
300:, started in August 1936. 1,530 feet (470 m) long and 410 feet (120 m) wide, the structure covered 20 acres (81,000 m). Later a 15 acres (61,000 m) airframe factory was added, then a flight shed 500 feet (150 m) by 190 feet (58 m) was attached to the airframe factory.
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In June 1939 the response to a question in parliament was: 31 shadow factories were complete or under construction. The Air
Ministry was responsible for 16 and, of those 16, 11 were working to full capacity. By that time large numbers of Bristol engines and aircraft were being made in Government
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engine. By
January 1938 two of those shadow factories were producing complete airframes. In July 1938 the first bomber completely built in a shadow factory (Austin's) was flown in front of Sir Kingsley Wood, Secretary of State for Air. It was said eight shadow factories constructing aircraft
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The new factory buildings were models of efficient factory layout. They had wide, clear gangways and good lighting, and they were free of shafting and belt drives. The five shadow factories in
Coventry were all in production by the end of October 1937 and they were all making parts of the
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Wood handed the overall project implementation to the
Directorate of Air Ministry Factories, appointing Herbert Austin to lead the initiative (most of the facilities to be developed were alongside existing motor vehicle factories), and the technical liaison with the aircraft industry to
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production facilities built in "the shadow" of motor industry plants to facilitate technology transfer to aircraft construction and run, for a substantial management fee, in parallel under direct control of the motor industry business along with distributed facilities. General
296:". Office accommodation was brick, and wherever possible faced a main road. These buildings were extremely adaptable and would remain part of the British industrial landscape for more than 50 years. One of the largest was Austin's Cofton Hackett, beside their
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from May 1941 they took responsibility for final erection followed by the test flight and their first aircraft was airborne before the end of 1941. They were allotted their own aerodromes instead of sending aircraft to the
Handley Page aerodrome.
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The term 'shadow' was not intended to mean secrecy, but rather the protected environment they would receive by being staffed by all levels of skilled motor industry people alongside (in the shadow of) their own similar motor industry operations.
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Development of nine new factories. The government would build and equip the factories. Motor car companies would be asked to gain experience in the making of engine parts so, if war broke out, the new factories could immediately go into full
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Many more factories were built as part of the dispersal scheme designed to reduce the risk of a total collapse of production if what would otherwise be a major facility were bombed though these were not shadow factories.
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and promising a thousand
Spitfires by June 1940 but, after two years, management was so poor that when June 1940 arrived not one Spitfire had been produced there. Castle Bromwich was withdrawn from Nuffield by
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Aeronautical Production was formed in March 1936 with responsibility for the manufacture of airframes as well as engines, associated equipment and armaments. The project was headed by
332:(MAP), gradually took charge of the construction of the buildings required for aircraft production. In early 1943 the functions of the directorate of Air Ministry Factories were transferred to the
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Under the plan, there was government funding for the building of these new production facilities, in the form of grants and loans. Key to the plan were the products and plans of Rolls-Royce, whose
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Ultimately output rose to 200 Halifaxes a month and the group provided something like 40 per cent of the nation's heavy bomber output. Halifax bombers dropped more than 200,000 tons of bombs.
141:. Swinton's civil servants approached their new boss, Sir Kingsley Wood, and showed him a series of informal questions that they had asked since 1935 on the subject, such as those posed to
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The shadow factory proposals and implementation, particularly its rigidity when bombed, meant that other key areas of military production prepared their own dispersal factory plans:
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The following list of eight members of the London
Aircraft Production Group was published in March 1945: This includes LAPG members with factories at Preston, Speke and Stockport.
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in August–November 1940, it caused delays in productions, which reportedly worried PM Churchill the most among all the industrial damage during the Blitz. The Government
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were ignored. Their products were not required. Engines were specified by the aircraft's designers. Nuffield did participate after Wood's appointment, providing the
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further enemy attacks and after Pearl Harbour at the end of 1941 Alvis organised, equipped and managed a new shadow factory to make variable pitch propeller hubs.
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In parallel with the Shadow Factory scheme, the London Aircraft Production Group (LAPG) was formed in 1940 by combining management of factories and workshops of
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Information concerning the shadow factory plan and shadow factories can be found among the following records and descriptive series list code headings held by
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In February 1944 the Minister for Production, stated in Parliament that there were "in round figures" 175 firms managing agency schemes or shadow factories.
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to try to meet the urgent need for more aircraft using technology transfer from the motor industry to implement additional manufacturing capacity.
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There were three waves of construction of shadow factories and only the third and smallest reached Scotland in the shape of the factory at
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to the RAF by the end of 1940, to Lord Nuffield, though in May 1940 the responsibility had to be taken from Nuffield and given to Vickers.
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Rover managed and controlled six shadow factories on behalf of the Government and ran eighteen different dispersal factories of their own.
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at which the head of each firm received a silver model of a Halifax bomber and representative workmen received scrolls of commendation.
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As the scheme progressed, and after the death of Austin in 1941, the Directorate of Air Ministry Factories, under the auspices of the
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engine. Bristol Aeroplane would not allow shadow factories to build complete engines, only components. The exception was
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Later sold to Jonas Woodhead and Son, manufacturer of vehicle shock absorbers, site now re-developed for housing
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At peak the group involved 41 factories and dispersal units, 660 subcontractors and more than 51,000 employees,
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producing Rolls-Royce's Merlin engines. Ferranti's factory in Crewe Toll, Edinburgh will have been secret.
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producing one aircraft an hour. The first Halifax from the LAPG was delivered in 1941 and the last, named
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Similar plans were introduced in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.
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powered many of the key aircraft being developed by the Air Ministry, as well as
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Brick by Brick: The Biography of the Man Who Really Made the Mini – Leonard Lord
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3703:"Salisbury celebrates Secret Spitfire Memorial with ceremony and fly-past"
113:, was in Britain in the autumn of 1937 inspecting new shadow factories in
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well as distressed areas. There were still areas of severe unemployment.
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The first motor manufacturers chosen for engine shadows were: Austin,
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took responsibility for the scheme in May 1938, on his appointment as
4246:"House of Commons Debates; PRODUCTION FIRMS (GOVERN-MENT ASSISTANCE)"
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Standard Motor Company demolished after closure in 1980. Now housing
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Military factories built during the buildup to World War 2 in Britain
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to resign his position due to a lack of progress in re-arming the
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Express Motor and Body Works — intermediate wings and tail-plane
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Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Aviation, 2015
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Dogfight: The Supermarine Spitfire and The Messerschmitt BF 109
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The Minister of Production (Mr. Lyttelton) (9 February 1944).
3996:"History | SMALL ARMS FACTORY | Government of India"
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Commercial vehicle production post war, site now re-developed
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with regard to aircraft engine production capability at their
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Power of Speech - A History of Standard Telephones and Cables
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4069:"How 30,000 Jobs Were Created by Sebastian Z. de Ferranti".
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1744:'s "thank you" to these "daughter" firms was a luncheon at
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S E Little and M S Grieco of Oxford University quoted in
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4130:. London: George Allen & Unwin. pp. |page= 92.
3255:"How labour unrest nearly lost us the Battle of Britain"
612:, demolished 2008, now housing and an industrial estate
3378:"Defence Forces and Policy. Cooperation with Britain".
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Halifax has its 4 Merlins overhauled in a dispersal in
4152:"Top secret World War II past of Newtown's Lion Works"
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The major activity of the group was the production of
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under the internal project name of the Shadow Scheme.
4229:"Capital Assistance for Industry, House Of Commons".
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a 1-hour 10 minute documentary released 15 July 2013
3838:"Halifax Bomber Production at Park Royal Coachworks"
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Rolls-Royce Hillington: Portrait of a Shadow Factory
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39:Mark IIa believed to be the 14th aircraft built at
3917:Stratton, Michael; Trinder, Barrie Stuart (2000).
1820:In British India in 1942, a Small Arms Factory in
1078:Closed 2005, redeveloped as an industrial estate.
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1557:truck factory, now used as a distribution centre
633:Assembled and modified imported American aircraft
4322:
3627:. Rolls-Royce Heritage Trust. pp. 108–110.
3553:. No. 47492. 29 September 1936. p. 16.
3086:Supermarine Spitfire § Production dispersal
4203:. No. 53320. 8 September 1955. p. 14.
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4233:. No. 49776. 10 February 1944. p. 8.
4089:"MoD Corsham: Personnel Lift (PL) 2 (1409130)"
3798:. No. 47611. 17 February 1937. p. 8.
3753:. No. 48142. 3 November 1938. p. 11.
3445:. No. 48457. 9 November 1939. p. 14.
3382:. No. 47902. 26 January 1938. p. 54.
3367:. No. 49710. 23 November 1943. p. 5.
3307:. No. 47825. 26 October 1937. p. 16.
3224:. No. 47515. 26 October 1936. p. 11.
3136:. No. 47824. 25 October 1937. p. 21.
53:, a plan devised in 1935 and developed by the
3881:. No. 50010. 7 December 1944. p. 2.
3508:. No. 50351. 16 January 1946. p. 8.
3441:"The Birmingham Small Arms Company Limited".
3352:. No. 48534. 8 February 1940. p. 5.
3322:. No. 47893. 15 January 1938. p. 7.
3185:. No. 47518. 29 October 1936. p. 7.
2334:Intended for aircraft engines but little used
281:. He also handed the delivery of the key new
4188:. No. 58743. 28 March 1973. p. 30.
4112:. No. 55344. 20 March 1962. p. 19.
3970:. No. 50341. 4 January 1946. p. 8.
3955:. No. 50340. 3 January 1946. p. 7.
3538:. No. 50413. 29 March 1946. p. 10.
3460:. No. 51986. 27 April 1951. p. 10.
2984:. For the full set of references (including
2194:Electrical optical and mechanical assemblies
2091:Demolished, replaced by an Asda supermarket
405:Manager for Ministry of Aircraft Production
4073:. No. 57567. 23 May 1969. p. III.
3768:. No. 50165. 11 June 1945. p. 10.
3523:. No. 48068. 9 August 1938. p. 9.
3430:. No. 48363. 21 July 1939. p. 21.
3073:Banking: Shadow factories banking accounts
2556:Tubular steel: aircraft frames, gun barrels
1708:Chrysler Motors — rear part of the fuselage
1154:which later sold its lighting interests to
359:
285:, that was contracted to deliver 1,000 new
4218:. No. 48338. 22 June 1939. p. 8.
4173:. No. 48672. 19 July 1940. p. 9.
4013:. No. 48673. 20 July 1940. p. 9.
3866:. No. 50097. 1 March 1945. p. 2.
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3783:. No. 47933. 3 March 1938. p. 9.
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3337:. No. 48054. 23 July 1938. p. 9.
2673:Used as an Osram lamp factory, now closed
3894:British Aircraft Manufacturers since 1909
3475:. No. 51712. 9 June 1950. p. 2.
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2608:Used as a sewing factory, now demolished
321:components were in production in or near
3920:Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology
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1833:List of dispersal factories (incomplete)
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3400:The Book of the Standard Motor Company
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3107:The Book of the Standard Motor Company
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3031:Aircraft production, shadow factories
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1573:Hepworth Brothers Limited Textile mill
1488:Mosley Road, Trafford Park, Manchester
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4029:, 24 October 1940; pg. 9; Issue 48755
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3815:"London Aircraft Production (L.A.P.)"
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1176:Armoured Vehicle production 1940-1945
687:Vacant land on Standard's Canley site
656:Vacant land on Standard's Canley site
605:Aero engines, Aircraft sub-assemblies
137:, the result of obstruction by aging
3877:"R.A.F. Bombers Built By L.P.T.B.".
3802:
3130:"General Milch On R.A.F. Progress".
2507:Demolished and replaced by housing.
2270:Demolished and replaced by housing.
1665:and the new De Havilland factory at
1147:Aircraft magnetos and starter-motors
363:
4341:Manufacturing in the United Kingdom
4043:
3663:"Johnnie Wakefield - TNF's Archive"
3602:. BCS/Paul Stokes. pp. 11–12.
3577:"High Duty Alloys Ltd", Distington"
3253:McKinstry, Leo (14 November 2007).
2976:National Archives catalogue entries
2339:Central Government War Headquarters
1717:Park Royal Coachworks — outer wings
1681:Melbourne, East Riding of Yorkshire
527:Newman's Footwear, now demolished.
465:Handed over to Rolls-Royce in 1943
24:
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4094:National Heritage List for England
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3649:"How Spitfires were built in 1940"
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3157:"Shadow Scheme: Morris Motors Ltd"
1593:Cofton Hackett and Castle Bromwich
95:
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3862:"Group Production Of Halifaxes".
3581:Cumbria Archive Service Catalogue
1816:Britain's forces during the war.
1551:Carburettors for aircraft engines
1373:Land Rover Solihull manufacturing
1199:Plywood for the aircraft industry
690:Carburettors for aircraft engines
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1697:London Passenger Transport Board
1607:London Aircraft Production Group
1296:Car production, now redeveloped
1014:tractors, site now redeveloped.
813:, now the GEC industrial estate
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121:, RAF aeroplanes and airfields.
4295:Building Beauforts in Australia
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3318:"Completing Shadow Factories".
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2530:Hispano-Suiza 20 mm cannon
2406:Standard Telephones and Cables
2241:Hispano-Suiza 20 mm cannon
1931:Blackpool International Airport
433:Westwood family's market garden
330:Ministry of Aircraft Production
190:, and placed under the wing of
188:Minister of Aircraft Production
4336:United Kingdom in World War II
3701:Gibson, Gemma (10 July 2021).
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2747:Ball bearings for aero engines
1824:was built as a shadow for the
760:Spitfire fuselages and engines
311:Rootes Blythe Bridge and Speke
222:Standard Motor Co, Canley and
13:
1:
4309:"Production – what is wrong?"
3819:Exploring 20th Century London
3426:"Bristol Aeroplane Company".
3348:"Great Britain In War-Time".
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2692:Aircraft production, largely
2685:Phillips & Powis Aircraft
1636:Express Motor & Bodyworks
1475:Derelict motor assembly plant
139:William Morris, Lord Nuffield
124:
109:, chief administrator of the
4169:"General Electric Company".
3982:"WW2's Shadow factory raids"
3549:"Aero-Engines At Coventry".
3519:"Building R.A.F. Machines".
3303:"Equipment For The R.A.F.".
3181:"White Paper Aero-Engines".
2437:Aircraft engine production,
1986:Coventry Gauge & Tool Co
7:
4184:"Industry has only to...".
4048:. Oxford University Press.
3079:
2988:) see the Catalogue below:
2735:Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
2712:Stonehouse, Gloucestershire
2303:Airbus Industrie, Broughton
2015:Airbus Industrie, Broughton
10:
4357:
4108:"Fafnir Factory Opening".
3794:"White Paper On Defence".
3637:. Historical Series Nº 44.
3471:"Dunlop Research Centre".
2726:Gyroscopes and instruments
2477:Rootes Group's North Plant
2364:M1919 Browning machine gun
1801:main aircraft machine guns
1525:Wing tips for the Spitfire
1415:Staverton, Gloucestershire
1255:Thames Tower office block
1150:Used as a lamp factory by
283:factory in Castle Bromwich
82:Secretary of State for Air
4046:A Long Time in the Making
3724:Bobbitt, Malcolm (2002).
3020:Shadow factories schemes
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2641:Cape Mill and Duke Mill,
2469:High-grade Steel for guns
2324:Bristol Aeroplane Company
1430:Rotol Gloucester Airport
855:Farmland in Groveley Lane
800:Bristol Aeroplane Company
507:Closed 2002. Now housing
4331:British shadow factories
4269:Nutland, Martyn (2012).
4250:Historic Hansard vol 396
3892:Nancy, Peter G. (2014).
3681:Secret Spitfires Charity
3623:Sherrard, Peter (2011).
3534:"Austin Motor Company".
3220:"Two Schemes Confused".
2854:Tubney Wood, Oxfordshire
2717:Sperry Gyroscope Co. Ltd
1953:Bombers and Flying Boats
1667:Leavesden, Hertfordshire
1576:Variable pitch airscrews
1427:Variable pitch airscrews
1282:, south east of Coventry
1194:Factories Direction Ltd.
1112:Leavesden, Hertfordshire
1106:prefabricated buildings
360:List of shadow factories
202:The plan had two parts:
49:were the outcome of the
47:British shadow factories
3779:"Rearmament Surveyed".
3398:Robson, Graham (2011).
3363:"Industrial Scotland".
3105:Robson, Graham (2011).
2986:German shadow factories
2836:Treforest, South Wales
2446:then industrial estate
2167:Aircraft parts made of
1795:, the sole producer of
1721:Fairey Aviation Company
1618:bombers 5 November 1944
1503:Modern industrial uses
1483:Modern industrial uses
1436:Errwood Park, Stockport
1318:redeveloped as housing
1234:Aerodrome, now housing
1141:British Thomson-Houston
1100:Various munitions items
1012:International Harvester
980:Aircraft parts made of
885:Redeveloped as housing
769:Christchurch, Hampshire
443:Redeveloped as housing
179:Castle Bromwich Factory
3728:. Veloce. p. 19.
3487:"Supermarine Spitfire"
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2859:Nuffield Mechanisation
2779:Ford Southampton plant
2765:Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft
2740:Hoffmann Ball Bearings
1826:Rifle Factory Ishapore
1742:Frederick Handley Page
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867:Aircraft production –
751:(Star Road), Berkshire
462:Jet engine development
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4126:Young, Peter (1983).
4024:A. C. Cossor Limited.
3966:"The Rover Company".
3825:on 10 September 2018.
3598:Stokes, Paul (1996).
2982:The National Archives
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2681:, Swindon, Wiltshire
2605:Electrical components
2021:Hargher Clough Mill,
1999:Broughton, Flintshire
1993:Matrix International
1789:Birmingham Small Arms
1762:Follow-on initiatives
1702:Rootes Securities in
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757:Purpose-built factory
721:Supermarine Spitfires
708:Nuffield Organization
664:De Havilland Mosquito
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279:Charles Bruce-Gardner
252:(Rootes Securities),
219:De Havilland Mosquito
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4199:"Mr. C. H. Tucker".
3842:Brindale Engineering
3504:"Airspeed Limited".
2994:Catalogue reference
2774:Supermarine Spitfire
2636:Housing development
2549:Accles & Pollock
2513:Newcastle-under-Lyme
2422:East Lancashire Road
2403:Ilminster, Somerset
2349:, Corsham, Wiltshire
2260:Metropolitan-Vickers
2160:High Duty Alloys Ltd
1651:Handley Page Halifax
1616:Handley Page Halifax
1492:Metropolitan-Vickers
1452:Handley Page Halifax
1401:Handley Page Halifax
1336:Handley Page Halifax
1324:Samlesbury Aerodrome
1302:Salisbury, Wiltshire
1265:Great Western Motors
1051:Preserved as former
991:Wheatley Hall Road,
973:High Duty Alloys Ltd
512:Garden Street Mill,
381:adding missing items
4044:Nye, James (2014).
4009:"Company Meeting".
3705:. Salisbury journal
3587:on 27 October 2016.
3456:"Jaguar Cars Ltd".
3159:. National Archives
2648:Marconi-Osram Valve
2623:Walter Lawrence plc
2294:Vickers Wellingtons
2209:A. V. Roe & Co.
2032:Cotton weaving shed
2011:Aircraft production
1947:Short & Harland
1864:A. V. Roe & Co.
1849:Wartime production
1598:Strategic dispersal
1163:Leyland, Lancashire
1134:Melton Road Works,
1061:Hillington, Glasgow
881:vickers Wellingtons
785:Mixed retail units
676:-Fletchamstead Hy,
660:Bristol Beaufighter
643:-Fletchamstead Hy,
518:J. E. Baxter and Co
411:Wartime production
192:Vickers-Supermarine
131:Neville Chamberlain
3896:. Fonthill Media.
3749:"Faster Bombers".
3677:"Secret Spitfires"
3600:Drakelow Unearthed
3563:Nutland, 2012 p105
3042:Factories general
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2939:Smiths Instruments
2819:Smiths Instruments
2750:Industrial estate
2729:Industrial estate
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2106:Smiths Instruments
2060:Vickers Wellington
1813:Ministry of Supply
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1261:Reading, Berkshire
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1074:Rolls-Royce Merlin
1046:Rolls-Royce Meteor
998:Crompton Parkinson
928:Rolls-Royce Merlin
828:Magnesium Elektron
379:; you can help by
325:in February 1940.
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57:in the buildup to
55:British government
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4301:The Shadow Scheme
4280:978-1-4772-0317-0
4055:978-0-19-871725-6
3951:"Alvis Limited".
3764:"Dunlop Rubber".
3651:. 13 August 2010.
3634:978-1-872922-45-4
3409:978-1-845843-43-4
3333:"News in Brief".
3293:Nutland, 2012 p97
3284:Nutland, 2012 p66
3243:Nutland, 2012 p65
3234:Nutland, 2012 p45
3146:Nutland, 2012 p93
3116:978-1-845843-43-4
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1969:Fisher and Ludlow
1889:Axminster Carpets
1874:Abbey Thermosets
1859:Ashton-under-Lyne
1857:Whitelands Mill,
1758:, in April 1945.
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2997:description
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2722:Textile Mill
2696:, shadowing
2694:Miles Master
2668:radio valves
2656:Cotton Mills
2643:Shaw, Oldham
2534:Redeveloped
2439:Napier Sabre
2245:Redeveloped
2228:Lincolnshire
1799:barrels and
1786:
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1755:London Pride
1754:
1750:
1739:
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1513:North London
1448:Beaufighters
1274:Retail park
1165:, BX Factory
1117:de Havilland
1085:Langley Mill
903:Aero engines
578:de Havilland
493:sleeve valve
459:Weaving shed
450:Barnoldswick
420:Acocks Green
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147:Cowley plant
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107:Erhard Milch
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84:in place of
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3163:20 November
3050:, code 25/5
3039:, code 25/1
3016:AIR 20/2396
3013:AIR 20/2395
3003:AIR 19/1-10
2934:South Wales
2893:Beaufighter
2866:Bofors guns
2814:South Wales
2565:Northampton
2462:Beardmore's
2409:Rope Works
2320:, Wiltshire
2251:Grappenhall
2213:Cotton Mill
2142:and windows
2132:Cotton Mill
2079:Cotton Mill
2068:Wren Mill,
2038:Demolished
1868:Cotton Mill
1793:Small Heath
1548:Cotton mill
1341:BAE Systems
1307:Supermarine
1202:Demolished
1066:Rolls-Royce
944:South Wales
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3092:References
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436:Parts for
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424:Birmingham
388:March 2024
377:incomplete
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125:Background
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4256:18 March
4156:BBC News
4011:he Times
3080:See also
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