English Electric Preston

There is a link to Hampden Project here

http://forum.keypublishing.co.uk/showthread.php?t=80393&highlight=part+numbers

it has some part numbers etc which may fit in with your part

cheers baz

Thanks guys

There are part numbers but nothing I recognise – they have GR and SK prefixes. Either way, it’s surplus to requirements.

I’ll try and post a pic.

Cheers

Hi Elliot
During the war Preston/samlesbury built Hampdens and Halifaxes.
Post war they built Vampires and canberras.

EEP definitely would be Preston/samlesbury inspection stamp.
some details here…

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/office_of_the_chief_executive/lancashireprofile/misc/aeroheritage.asp

Pre jet, I don’t know.
But the Preston works (Now gone and replaced with a Harley Davidson shop, Aldi etc) made the structures for the Wren, Kingston, Canberra, Lightning and bits of the TSR2. Parts were then shipped to Samlesbury (Warton too) for glue-up/paint n fly.
They also did the Jaguar, bits for Concorde, Tonka, Hawk and laterly bits for the EFA (Later Eurofighter then Typhoon).
They would have made parts for many of the A/c of the day, Preston works had a sheet metal shop 2nd to none.

Can’t tell you that, but my Grandfather worked there in the loco build sheds in the late 1930’s….:)