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Hawker Aircraft Limited
IndustryAviation
PredecessorSopwith Aviation & Engineering Company
Founded1920; 104 years ago (1920) (as H.G. Hawker Engineering)
Defunct1963; 61 years ago (1963)
FateMerged into Hawker Siddeley Group
SuccessorHawker Siddeley Aviation
Headquarters
Kingston upon Thames, Greater London
,
UK
Number of locations
Langley, Dunsfold, Blackpool
Key people
Harry Hawker
Thomas Sopwith
Sydney Camm
ProductsAircraft
SubsidiariesGloster Aircraft Company (1934)

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