OK – this is going to be an incredible long-shot for anyone to answer, but…. Nothing ventured, nothing gained!
I am trying to locate any information on a George Allward, who was an American, hailing from Maine who had been working for Sherman Fairchild in a number of his aviation companies, in particular working with Colonel Virginius E. ‘Ginny’ Clark (of Clark ‘Y’ aerofoil fame). Clark designed the Fairchild 100, Fairchild 150, and the Fairchild 46-A in conjunction with Allward who is recorded as being an aeronautical wood expert who had been trained in England.
Any additional information is going to be the very greatest of use, especially where he was trained and/or who he worked for here in the UK.
By: Robert Whitton - 9th May 2014 at 09:25
He was a representative of Fairchild Aircraft Corporation, Hagerstown, Maryland at the 12th Annual Aircraft Engineering Conference held at Langley Field, Virginia May 18-20 1937
By: Robert Whitton - 8th May 2014 at 20:16
Oops the census was 1911 he was born in 1905.
By: RPSmith - 8th May 2014 at 16:10
Robert, was there a census in 1905? – I thought they were 1901 and 1911.
Roger Smith.
By: GrahamSimons - 8th May 2014 at 14:25
Bl**dy Hell!!!!!!
Well done and thank you so much Robert!
I knew about the HH connection, and also that he was pirated away from Hughes to work for the Higgins Boat Company building PT boats
By: Robert Whitton - 8th May 2014 at 12:24
There is an named child buried with them in Louisiana.
By: Robert Whitton - 8th May 2014 at 12:23
He worked for Howard Hughes and had USA patents including a tennis racquet.
By: Robert Whitton - 8th May 2014 at 10:59
George Arthur Allward born 26-1-1905 Bristol, baptised Bedminster 2-3-1905 died Lacombe, Louisiana USA 1982
1905 census at 11 North Road, Bedminster, Bristol with father Frank Arthur aged 31 mother Jeanie Elizabeth Cummings, aged 31 a brother Leonard Arthur aged and sister Elise Jeanie aged 1
1940 USA Census at Glendale, Los Angeles, California
address 1935 Hagerstown, Washington, Maryland
born 1905 England a married Aeronautical Engineer wife Vera born Massachusetts her address 1935 Fall River, Bristol, Massachusetts.
Married 1935 Fall River to Vera Alberta Negus she was born 1913 died 2000 Lacombe, Louisianna, no children
He travelled 1-7-1933 from Liverpool to Boston
30-10-1929 from Southampton to New York
26-9-1936 from Liverpool to New York with Vera
7-10-1939 from Liverpool to New York with Vera
Naturalised California 23-8-1940 address 1520 Idlewide Road, Glendale, California
18-5-1947 from Southampton to New York with Vera
Address 15 Gathorne Road, Southville, Bristol
23-7-1953 from new York to Southampton address Lacombe, Llouisiana
Also flew to Uk from New York 28-1-1956
Address: Railroad Ave 2, Lacombe, LA, 70445
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