Collection of AVRO Weapons Testing Report and Cartoons

Made:
1944-10-19-1963-12-31
maker:
A V Roe & Co Ltd, Normalair Ltd. and Beardshall, George

Collection consisting of one report and three cartoons.

The report records the effectiveness of weapons, machine guns, bombs and rockets being tested in October 1944 at Boscombe Down, and also refers to a form of locating radar known by the code name 'Village Inn' that allowed the tail gunner to track distant enemy aircraft. In most cases the aircraft being used to test the weapons was a Lancaster bomber.

The cartoons show Mr. Beardshall and a colleague trying to find new contracts for Normalair Ltd. from the Ministry of Defence.

Details

Extent:
4 items
Identifier:
YA2008.79
Access:
Open access.