Hooper and Co of Piccadilly, London coachbuilders, were also makers of aeroplanes in WWI
1806 Company established.
1895 Incorporated as a limited company.
1914 Coach and motor-coach builders. Specialities: motor-coach building and repairs; designed and built motor bodies for many members of the European and British royalty; builders of State carriages, dress carriages, plain carriages. [1]
WWI Aeroplanes
c1939 they became part of Daimler
1946 at 54 St. James Street.
WWII Manufactured parts for the De Havilland Mosquito [2]
1991 Following the collapse of the Reliant Group, acquired Metrocab from the receivers.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ Mosquito by C. Martin Sharp and Michael J. F. Bowyer. Published by Crecy Books in 1995. ISBN 0-947554-41-6
- Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) by J. M. Bruce. Published 1982 ISBN 0-370-30084-x
- AA. [1] Image courtesy of Aviation Ancestry