Lancaster Bomber veterans have visited a factory where the World War Two plane was built 80 years ago. The Avro factory in Chadderton, Greater Manchester, built up to seven bombers a day during ...
World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...
The factory was making Merlin aircraft engines for the British war effort. Mayor of Derby Alan Graves said: "It can be argued that he saved Great Britain with his artistic abilities." The city ...