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Smiths Aircraft Instruments

From Graces Guide
1938. Ref AA below
Sept 1940.
1943.
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June 1944
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of Cricklewood Works, London, NW2

1929 S. Smith and Sons (Motor Accessories) formed an Aircraft Instruments Department.

1931 Smiths Aircraft Instruments, Ltd., of Great Portland Street, London.

1937 Part of the Aircraft and Marine Instruments Group of S. Smith and Sons (Motor Accessories) Ltd[1].

1937 Manufacturers and suppliers of aircraft instruments and accessories. "Essex" Fire Extinguishers. "Frazer-Nash" Wing-Tip Flare Device. "Harley" Aircraft Landing Lamps. Sole Concessionaires of "Husun" Navigational Instruments. [2]

1939 See Aircraft Industry Suppliers

World War II The company manufactured approximately 10 million aircraft instruments for the war effort.[3]

1944 Private company.

1944 One of 4 divisions of S. Smith and Sons (England) Ltd[4]:

1961 Manufacturers of all types of meters and instruments for aircraft. [5]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Times 19 November 1937
  2. 1937 The Aeroplane Directory of the Aviation and Allied Industries
  3. Illustrated London News - 11 July 1970
  4. The Times 1 January 1945
  5. 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE
  • AA. [1] Image courtesy of Aviation Ancestry