De Havilland Engine Co

August 1945.

Dec 1945. Gypsy Engines.

De Havilland Engine Co of Watford, Herts

1944 Private company.

The de Havilland Engine Company was an offshoot of the De Havilland Aircraft Co aircraft building company, starting life as the 'Engine Division of the de Havilland Aircraft Company' in 1926 producing the famous de Havilland Gipsy aero-engine.

The company was officially formed at Stag Lane in February 1944 and later moved into a factory leased by the government in 1946 at Leavesden, which had earlier been a site for Handley Page Halifax production.

It went on to produce one of the early turbojet engines, the Goblin, which saw service in the early post-war de Havilland Vampire fighter. The later Ghost turbojet propelled early versions of the de Havilland Comet jetliner and the de Havilland Venom fighter.

The company later developed the Gnome turboshaft under licence from the General Electric T58 design

1957 Mr Hugh Buckingham was director, general manager and chief executive of the company.

c.1960 The company was absorbed into Bristol Siddeley Engines

1966 Bristol itself subsequently became part of Rolls-Royce

1961 Designers, manufacturers and dealers in aero and industrial engines.

Engines

• De Havilland: Gnome
• De Havilland: Gyron Junior
• De Havilland: Double Spectre
• De Havilland: Gipsy Major

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