The Ford Transit Van factory at Swaythling near Southampton closed for vehicle production today; apparently it used to build Spitfires during the war:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-23421784
They’d better check inside any forgotten crates before they throw them away!
By: batsi - 29th July 2013 at 10:20
it was cunliffe-owen I am certain. my mother worked there throughout the war.
By: me109g4 - 29th July 2013 at 01:18
Is this the same plant heavily bombed in 1940?
By: Lynx815 - 27th July 2013 at 10:46
I believe it was the Cunliffe-Owen factory too.
By: battle - 27th July 2013 at 05:37
Start digging they must be buried , thats the only way to long term store spitfires in crates.:rolleyes:
cheers dave
By: ZRX61 - 26th July 2013 at 23:56
Stepbrother will be miffed, he had the contract to supply Ford with paint…
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July 26, 2013 at 5:02 pm