British Aircraft Manufacturer

Index of British Aircraft by Hawker Siddeley

Company Details

Company Name:

Hawker Siddeley Aviation

Formed:

1934

Sites:

Dunsfold Hatfield Brough Kingston Woodford

History

1934:

Company formed as Hawker Siddeley Aircraft Co Ltd on purchase by Hawker Aircraft of Gloster Aircraft and Armstrong Siddeley Development Co Ltd. Also acquired are Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft and A V Roe

1955:

Company renamed Hawker Siddeley Group Ltd

1959:

Folland join group

1960:

De Havilland and Blackburn companies join group

1963:

Original company names lost with producion of aircraft by Hawker Siddeley Aviation

1977:

Enforced merger with BAC and Scottish Aviation to form British Aerospace