|
The growth of the company is shown by
the following statistics: -
|
Year
|
|
Employees
|
|
Area (Sq Ft)
|
| 1924 |
|
51
|
|
104,128
|
| 1936 |
|
2,345
|
|
473,442
|
| 1944 |
|
12,873
|
|
2,380,875
|
| 1958 |
|
9,085
|
|
1,977,000
|
| 1960 |
|
11,210
|
|
2,184,390
|
The production achievement is shown
by the following figures attained over
the years 1939 to 1959: -
|
Whitley
|
|
1,814
|
|
Lancaster
|
|
1,329
|
|
Lincoln
|
|
299
|
|
Meteor
|
|
1,067
|
|
Sea Hawk
|
|
490
|
|
Hunter
|
|
279
|
|
Javelin
|
|
133
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
5,411
|
This represents more than one complete
aircraft every working day for twenty years.
|
Whitley (1930s)
Baginton (1950s)
|