Hi All Another avenue to go down - does anyone know exactly where the Halifax planes were built during the war? Nicky's grandmother must have lived somewhere near the factory at the time. Anne

Hi Anne, I found these snippets of info, I hope it helps. Halifax bombers were designed by Handley Page Ltd, but production was shared between Handley Page, the English Electric Company of Preston, the London Aircraft Production Group, Rootes Securities at Speke and Fairey Aviation at Stockport. Handley Page was based in Cricklewood but moved its flying activities to Radlett in Hertfordshire as a result of the closure of Cricklewood Aerodrome. Handley Page also owned a site at Woodley in Berkshire. English Electric had their factory at Strand Road, Preston, also an aerodrome was built for production flight testing and final assembly at Samlesbury. The London Aircraft Production Group used London Transport's workshop facilities to help production for the war effort. Over 700 Halifax bombers, armoured vehicles and pontoon bridges were produced in these workshops during the war. In 1942, a recently completed three mile section of Underground tunnel between Gants Hill and Leytonstone was converted for use as a factory for manufacturing aircraft components. Construction started at Rootes Securities in 1941 at a "shadow factory" which was built by the Ministry of Aircraft Production on the edge of the airfield at Speke, Liverpool (at the edge of what is now Liverpool John Lennon Airport. Kath. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anne Welch" <anne@welch5171.fslife.co.uk> To: <BARRACLOUGH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 8:09 PM Subject: Re: [BARRACLOUGH] Stanley, Violet > Hi All > > Another avenue to go down - does anyone know exactly where the Halifax > planes were built during the war? Nicky's grandmother must have lived > somewhere near the factory at the time. > > Anne -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 10/01/2005