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Originally posted by administrator
As far as I know there is very little detailed coverage of AC's wartime production. There are two pages in Martyn Watkins' 1976 AC book in the Haynes 'Mini-Marque' series, three pages with some photos in Jock Henderson's 1952 'The History of AC Cars Ltd' and a page in John Mclellan's 'Classic ACs - Autocarrier to Cobra'.
One thread that comes through is AC's continued association with Fairey Aviation, manufacturing parts for the Swordfish and Albacore, and after the war tailplanes for the Gannet.
I guess that inevitably very little survives - it's the first time I have seen anything like this. More photos please, Constant!
Nick Georgano's (with whom I am friendly) Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile has this paragraph on war production:
As with so many firms, World War II proved very profitable for A.C. who bought a new factory at Taggs Island in the Thames in 1940. Their work included making parts for Fairey Aviation, which continued into the 1950s, and also fire pump trailers, bodies and cabs for Ford and Bedford fire engines, 6-pounder guns, glider undercarriages and flame throwers.