- 1. What did Abingdon do during the War? (score: 1)
- Author: "Charles D. Sorkin" <cdsorkin@ix.netcom.com>
- Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 21:46:41 -0400
- Reading through some historical material on MG T-series cars, authors normally note the absence of vehicles during from 1939-1945 because of the war effort. What, if anything, did the plant at Abingd
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- 2. Re: What did Abingdon do during the War? (score: 1)
- Author: "Neil Cotty" <neilc@apphosting.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 11:47:47 +1000
- They assembled engines for Lancaster Bombers or so I read somewhere!! Cheers Neil.
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- 3. Re: What did Abingdon do during the War? (score: 1)
- Author: MGMagnette@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 21:50:42 EDT
- Abingdon was most famous for the production of the nose cone section of the Albermarle (spelled wrong) Bomber. It was also the unauthorized taking on of war-work that led to the dismissal of Cecil Ki
- /html/mgs/2000-05/msg00367.html (6,959 bytes)
- 4. Re: What did Abingdon do during the War? (score: 1)
- Author: Bob Howard <mgbob@juno.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 May 2000 12:38:32 -0400
- MG built and rebuilt a couple of series of tanks, sections of airplanes, and jobs that were best done by a small/medium size company. Bob
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- 5. Re: What did Abingdon do during the War? (score: 1)
- Author: "Pearson, Tim" <tpearson@westpac.com.au>
- Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 09:26:41 +1000
- There's a chapter in MG by McComb that talks about the war work. It included the cockpits for the albermale bombers, power eggs (engine and mounts) for Merlin aero engines, tempest fighter components
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