WPW060401 WALES (1939). View of Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. works - Broughton airfield under construction. Oblique aerial photograph, 5"x4" BW glass plate.
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| Title | [WPW060401] View of Vickers-Armstrong Ltd. works - Broughton airfield under construction. Oblique aerial photograph, 5"x4" BW glass plate. |
| Reference | WPW060401 |
| Date | 26-January-1939 |
| Link | Coflein Archive Item 6423146 |
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| Country | WALES |
| Easting / Northing | 335000, 365000 |
| Longitude / Latitude | -2.9726615016567, 53.177841695053 |
| National Grid Reference | SJ350650 |
Pins
 Location of a 2ndWW HAA Gun Battery, designation number VA/H23 (GDA Mersey). |
redmist |
Saturday 5th of October 2019 01:04:32 PM |
User Comment Contributions
Presumably this was the site of Vickers shadow factory in the Second World War, where perhaps Wellington bombers were manufactured. Today Broughton remains an aircraft works producing wings for Airbus |
MB |
Thursday 25th of December 2014 11:06:03 PM |