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Word: failsworth (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...near Birmingham come Fairey Battles (medium bombers). A plant of Fairey Aviation Co. is at Stockport in Lancashire, turns out the torpedo-launch ing Swordfish. The big Vickers long-range bombers, Wellesley and Wellington, are built at Chester on the Dee; the Avro Anson (coastal reconnaissance) at Manchester and Failsworth; Rolls-Royce engines at Derby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Strategic Map: Britain's Vulnerable Midlands | 8/19/1940 | See Source »

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