GKN built Spitfires – Key Publishing

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By: Arabella-Cox - 18th February 2018 at 12:04

Thanks Mark.

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By: Mark12 - 18th February 2018 at 10:12

GKN bought into Westlands in 1988,

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By: Arabella-Cox - 18th February 2018 at 08:58

Didn’t GKN once own Westlands? and they did build Spitfires/Seafires

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By: Mark12 - 18th February 2018 at 08:29

Do you know if any of those were used in surviving airframes

At least three – SL653, TE513 & TE517.

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By: Arabella-Cox - 17th February 2018 at 21:22

Do you know if any of those were used in surviving airframes Mark12?

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By: Sopwith - 17th February 2018 at 20:35

Thank you Mark12, was hoping you’d come along and clear it up.

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By: Mark12 - 17th February 2018 at 19:14

Joseph Sankey Ltd…a GKN company. Hadley Castle Works, Shropshire.

Flight testing at Cosford.

Fuselage construction numbers prefixed with an ‘SH’.

My understanding is that they built 474 fuselages.

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By: Arabella-Cox - 17th February 2018 at 19:11

I always though GKN were component/fixings manufacturers – certainly earlier on?

Anon.