Roy Chadwick
(1893-1947)

Died aged c. 54

Roy Chadwick, CBE, FRSA, FRAeS (30 April 1893 – 23 August 1947) was an aircraft design engineer for the Avro Company. Born at Marsh Hall Farm, Farnworth, Widnes, the son of the mechanical engineer Charles Chadwick, he was the chief designer for Avro and was responsible for practically all of their aeroplane designs. He is famous in particular for designing the Avro Lancaster bomber, its follow-up Avro Lincoln and preliminary designs of the Avro Vulcan V-bomber. He also converted the Lincoln into the Shackleton. His Avro Yorks carried one-third of the entire British tonnage during the Berlin Airlift. Chadwick married Mary Gomersall in 1921 and had two daughters.

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Roy Chadwick 1893-1947 Designer of the Lancaster And Vulcan bomber aircraft lived here 1922-1929

38 Chessel Avenue, Bitterne, Southampton, United Kingdom where they lived

Roy Chadwick lived here 1922/1929 Designer of Vulcan aircraft

38 chessel avenue, Southampton, United Kingdom where they lived (1922-1929)