Handley Page - Sweat Shirt Colour:Black The company acquired Gloster Aircraft

The company acquired Gloster Aircraft

The Fleet Air Arm bought the Wildcat before it was used by the US Navy

eventually replaced by the Sentry

Operating out of improvised bases this sub-sonic aircraft was used in the close support and reconnaissance role

Handley Page - Sweat Shirt Colour:Black The company acquired Gloster AircraftHandley Page Limited Handley Page was Britain's very first aircraft manufacturing company, formed in 1909 by Frederick Handley Page. In 1912 the factory moved from Barking to Cricklewood Aerodrome. During the First World War Handley Page produced heavy bombers for the Royal Navy to bomb the Zeppelin yards. Between the wars Handley Page turned to transport aircraft, becoming Imperial Airways. At the onset of the next war, bomber production restarted