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Aircraft bits built by Jaguar Cars
Posted by Richard Woods on Thu Nov 28, 2002 10:52:00 AM
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Hi all,
I recently came across an interesting list in a book on Jaguar cars about the stuff they produced during the war. I wouldn't normally have thought to look for this kind of thing, but I blew the vast majority of my savings on a Jaguar last month, and stumbled across this purely by accident:-
Service Work
Whitley aircraft repaired and flown: 134
Whitley aircraft broken and salvaged: 339
Cheetah auxiliary drive units reconditioned and tested: 857
Whitley wings modified for heavier bombs: 80 sets
Whitley tailplanes modified: 18
Whitley fuel tanks repaired: 333
Wellington mainplanes: -
Stirling elevators: -
Whitley Parts
Cockpit roofs: 1399
Bomb doors: 100 pairs
Landing gear doors: 200 sets
Tail planes: 50
Spar panels: 150 sets
Bomb door fenders: 1100
Bomb beams: 570
Fuel tanks fireproofed: 1223
Cage formers: 1280
Former "B" : 1604
Formers "A" and "C" : 1150
Formers "D" "E" and "F" : 1150
Meteor III Parts
Centre section complete: 98
Stirling Parts
Trailing edge in way of aileron: 1181
Trailing edge in way of flap: 1039
Leading edge outer portion: 575
Leading edge between nacelles: 490
Trailing edge ribs: 140 sets
Dinghy stowage covers: 483
Mosquito Parts
Fuel tanks fireproof covered: 19562
Oil tanks fireproof covered: 500
Spitfire parts
Wing tips: 294 pairs
Oil tanks: 1586
30 gallon jettison tanks: 1150
170 gallon jettison tanks: 550
Lancaster Parts
Bomb doors: 503
Gun Control Parts
Four gun control sets: 6998
Relay boxes: 23954
Ammo box frames: 5749
Cartridge link chutes: 24309
Ammunition boxes: 18644
Oxygen bottle cradles: 750
Ammunition boxes (again?!!): 4461
Miscellaneous parts
Aircraft de-icing tanks: 5097
Oxford tanks fireproofed: 1220
Quite a wide selection!
The book was published in the mid eighties, the author being Philip Porter. The figures were said to have come from Jaguars own archives, so that will either be the Factory themselves, or the Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust. I will make some enquiries, and see what I can find out.
Regards
Richard W