Aircraft Builders

[Yegvard]

Does anybody no anything about the people, rather than the companies, who made the aeroplanes of the day?

Would these craftmen have been in a protected occupation and been civilians or would they have joined up and been given jobs associated with their trade?

My grandfather, Arthur HANDS, a master carpenter, built aeroplanes in Levenshulme, South Manchester. To make sure they were built properley, and didn't fold up, he went up with the test pilots.

Any clues, hints or knowledge of record deposits would be a help.

Mike

[Geoffers]

Does anybody no anything about the people, rather than the companies, who made the aeroplanes of the day?

Would these craftmen have been in a protected occupation and been civilians or would they have joined up and been given jobs associated with their trade?
Sorry, don't know the answer, but if no one else can help, you might try contacting the RAF museum
http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/
to see if they know of any sources of information to assist.

Geoffers

[mack]

your grandfather can only have worked at faireys engineering in levenshulme,they built thousands of aircraft in both wars,I WORK THERE.
google,aviation in manchester.