Sir W G ArmstrongWhitworth and Co Ltd was a major British manufacturing company of the early years of the 20th century.
Headquartered in Elswick, Newcastle upon Tyne, ArmstrongWhitworth engaged in the construction of armaments, ships, locomotives, automobiles, and aircraft.
The company was formed in 1897 as a merger of the engineering firms of William Armstrong and Joseph Whitworth.
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Sir W G ArmstrongWhitworth & Co Ltd was a major British manufaϲturing ϲompany of the early years of the 20th ϲentury.
The ϲompany was formed in 1897 as a merger of the engineering firms of William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong and Joseph Whitworth.
The Sir W G ArmstrongWhitworth Airϲraft Co was initially a subsidiary of ArmstrongWhitworth until 1927 when it passed to J D Siddeley along with Armstrong-Siddeley
Data that follow are for B Mk I. ArmstrongWhitworthAlbemarle I: Initial bomber-reconnais-sance version with BP powered dorsal turret carrying four 0.303-in (7.7-mm) Brownings and provision for two similar guns in retractable dorsal manual turret.
ArmstrongWhitworthAlbemarle ST Mk I: Special transport version (troop carrier) with operational bombing equipment, ventral turret and fuselage fuel tanks removed; dorsal turret replaced by hand-operated Rose two-gun installation with sliding hood.
ArmstrongWhitworthAlbemarle GT Mk II: Single example of glider tug variant similar to GT Mk I. ArmstrongWhitworthAlbemarle ST Mk II: Similar to ST Mk I special transport with equipment changes and dorsal turret re-introduced.
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle (1608–1670), English soldier, naval officer and statesman
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Albemarle, a construction in New York City built in 1915
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Conceived originally by the Bristol company as a medium bomber, the design was taken over by ArmstrongWhitworth and reworked into a reconnaissance-bomber.
More than 40 were built before it was decided to change the role and produce subsequent aircraft either as special transports or as glider tugs.
A number were supplied to the Soviet Union during the war and delivered by Russian crews who had converted to the type at Tealing.
A photo of an Albemarle on skis, taken in the 1950s, is said to have appeared in an aviation mag around that time.
I have come across parts from an Albemarle that carry Whitley part numbers, the only I have to hand is an alloy bracket carrying the number SP67958 1 C7887.
ArmstrongWhitworth Argosy II ArmstrongWhitworth Atlas Series
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Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd founded in Newcastle upon Tyne
Company sold to Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co Sir W.G. ArmstrongWhitworthAircraft Co Ltd is merged with the Gloster Aircraft Co Ltd within the Hawker Siddeley group
The Horsa glider carried a 6 pound anti tank gun, a jeep plus ammunition total wt.
It crash landed after having to separate from the towing ArmstrongWhitworthAlbemarle which developed engine trouble and returned safely to the U.K. The glider crash landed at Megen near the river Maas some 10 miles from Arnhem.
The aircraft had taken off from Manston, Kent on Sunday 17th September 1944.
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