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  • John Palmer on Dowty Air Crash – Wolverhampton

    17/09/2021
    I used to fly up to Glasgow to a forging manufacturer on these doves(Dowty had 2 aircraft). Was saddened when...

  • Jonathan Wright on Dowty Electronics – Gresham Lion Technology

    17/09/2021
    Hi, I have come into possession of a pair of heads that were supplied by Gresham Lion Electronics LTD, and...

  • Martin Westwood on Boulton Paul – People

    14/09/2021
    Malcolm Caddick. We played football together. Olly Pritchard. Research Dept. Thanks for your knowledge and wisdom. Barry Smith. Dowty Boulton...

  • Les Whitehouse on Dowty Boulton Paul – Works History

    05/09/2021
    The company were not known to be producing 'new' marine engines during that time but would have very likely been...

  • Brian Robert burrows on Dowty Boulton Paul – Works History

    30/08/2021
    This is more of a question... did they do war work on marine engines... only I understand my father was...

  • Bruce Campbell on Dowty Fuel Systems – Synopsis

    01/08/2021
    I can remember working in the calibration sheds for a short time having been loaned by Zener Designs to Dowty...

  • Dudley Whittle on Electra & Mining Exhibition 1976

    09/07/2021
    The gentleman in the white shirt is Don Farnell. Don was service manager of Dowty South Africa from 1976

  • John Redfern on Railway Wagon Buffer Test Facility – Ashchurch

    05/07/2021
    Hello Geoffrey... thank you for your email and update on the dates... there are earlier photos in the post too...

  • Geoffrey Weaver on Railway Wagon Buffer Test Facility – Ashchurch

    04/07/2021
    I notice you have circa 1960 I can tell you the test ramp was built about 1984 as I worked...

  • Vivien Blackford on Dowty in a village called Atworth

    30/06/2021
    My dad Douglas Rigg worked at Dowty in the late 50's until he retired. In the early 60's he went...

  • Alex Millar on Dowty-Hamilton Marine Jet Unit

    25/05/2021
    A Dowty Turbocraft 1959? has appeared in northern Alberta,Canada;I am assuming it is one of the Canadian built units and...

  • Debbie Johnson on Dowty McCallum Pty Ltd – Australia

    25/05/2021
    Hi David I most probably would have known your father I worked at Lansvale office from November 1976 and I...

  • Ken LeDuc on Dowty-Hamilton Marine Jet Unit

    14/05/2021
    I have a Dowty-Hamilton jet drive in a boat which has deteriorated so badly that I intend to recycle it....

  • Geoff Stanley on Boulton Paul – People

    02/05/2021
    The photo of the girls bought back fond memories. The girls third and fourth from the right are Lorraine and...

  • John Redfern on Sir George Dowty – Honorary Freeman

    28/04/2021
    Many thanks for your message, we are happy to correct the misspelling.

  • Phillip Hicks on Sir George Dowty – Honorary Freeman

    27/04/2021
    Town Clerk for Tewkesbury, Name Incorrect , it is Mr KE Smale , not Snale. I new Mr Smale, he...

  • Barry Ashford on Dowty Electronics – Gresham Lion Technology

    08/04/2021
    I started with Greshams on the Hanworth Trading Estate in the Recording Heads Section in 1962; got my 10 year...

  • John Redfern on Dowty Group History

    28/03/2021
    Hello Martin...thank you for your email. Dowty Marine has its own dedicated pages on our website... here is the link:...

  • Martin Hayward on Dowty Group History

    27/03/2021
    I notice this page makes no mention of Dowty Marine 1960-1963 and the poduction of the Dowty Tubocraft of which...

  • Rob Neal on John Herring

    19/03/2021
    Hi. Rob Neal here. Dowty apprentice 1975-79 and worked for the group in its various guises until retiring from GE...

  • John Redfern on Dowty Boulton Paul – Customers

    19/03/2021
    Hello Les… many thanks for the correction, we will edit the caption accordingly….

  • John Redfern on Dowty Boulton Paul – Works History

    19/03/2021
    Hello Les... many thanks for the correction, we will edit the caption accordingly....

  • Les Whitehouse on Dowty Boulton Paul – Works History

    18/03/2021
    Your war service badge is actually only the Sports and Welfare Society membership badge (SWS) from the 1950's. The war...

  • Les Whitehouse on Dowty Boulton Paul – Customers

    18/03/2021
    The ship you show is not a Cable Laying Vessel. This is the Hecla Class Admiralty vessel pennant number A319,...
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