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He's rockin' the "Nuttin Special"!
A BIT OF WW2 HISTORY
During WW2 SPEKE was used by all three services and, in addition, even before WW2, military aircraft were shipped in from the USA for RAF use and were assembled and test flown here.
Perhaps it is interesting to reflect that before WW2 the British government had realised that we could not cope on our own, by relying on only British companies to produce enough aircraft for WW2. A Commission was sent to the USA to explore various possibilities despite an outcry from the SBAC. And remember, this was long before the now notorious ‘Lend-Lease’ agreement. In 1938 Lockheed set up an assembly plant at SPEKE which eventually produced most of the 2000 Hudsons used by the RAF.
From UKairfieldguide.net
Those are Hudson bombers, not cars....
During WW2 SPEKE was used by all three services and, in addition, even before WW2, military aircraft were shipped in from the USA for RAF use and were assembled and test flown here.
Perhaps it is interesting to reflect that before WW2 the British government had realised that we could not cope on our own, by relying on only British companies to produce enough aircraft for WW2. A Commission was sent to the USA to explore various possibilities despite an outcry from the SBAC. And remember, this was long before the now notorious ‘Lend-Lease’ agreement. In 1938 Lockheed set up an assembly plant at SPEKE which eventually produced most of the 2000 Hudsons used by the RAF.
From UKairfieldguide.net
Those are Hudson bombers, not cars....
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