FROM 1942 to 1945 volunteers from the Home Guard guarded a steel forging company on the banks of the River Don in Sheffield. The strategic importance of the company, now known as River Don Stampings and part of the Sheffield Forgemasters group, was well known to Britain and Germany alike. It was the U.K. forging plant for the production of crankshafts for the Merlin engine used in the Spitfire fighter aircraft.


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    Title :

    Over Fifty Years' Aerospace Experience at Sheffield Forgemasters



    Publication date :

    1989-05-01


    Size :

    2 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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