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Many workers were Belgian refugees
 
Many workers were Belgian refugees
  
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=== Sources ===
|Organization names=Fairey Aviation Co.
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|Names=Fairey Aviation Co.
 
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|Country=Great Britain
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|City=Middlesex
 
|Started aero=1915
 
|Started aero=1915
 
|Ended aero=1977
 
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|Key people=Richard Fairey; Major Barlow
 
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Latest revision as of 09:45, 26 December 2018

People: Richard Fairey; by 1918, Major Barlow, designer.

Established Fairey Aviation Co., 15 July 1915 with immediate order for 12 Short seaplanes. Then appears to have built company designs including a twin-engine fighter, and various seaplanes. Milestones include building new factory in 1918, becoming a public company in 1929, being a major builder during WW2, and finally being forced by the government to sell his UK company in 1960. A factory set up in Belgium ca. 1930 failed in 1977.

Many workers were Belgian refugees

Location: leased part of factory at Clayton Rd., Hayes, Middlesex, and purchased a nearby field to test landplanes.

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Names Fairey Aviation Co.
Country Great Britain
City Middlesex
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Started aero 1915
Ended aero 1977
Key people Richard Fairey, Major Barlow
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