Word: stockport
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Stockport, England, slim, hard, bronzed Sergeant Henry ("Harry") Worsley returned home after two years at war. He had fought from El Alamein to Salerno, been twice wounded, won the Military Medal. He had two weeks' leave...
Here, besides the London area, is the home of Britain's aircraft industry. Leeds is the nest of the Blackburn Skua (naval dive bomber) and Roc (fighter). From 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...