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Parachute manufacture in Birmingham during WW2

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Leni

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Please could anyone tell me which factories in Birmingham area produced parachutes during WW2 and if possible, who were the owners or managers? Thank you.
 
Welcome Leni. I don’t know of any parachute manufacturers, but maybe one of our members will be able to help you. Viv.
 
Thanks for your replies. I was told that my maternal grandfather may have owned a garment factory in Birmingham which manufactured silk parachutes during the war but I don’t know any more than that unfortunately.
 
I wish I could mikejee. I was only told this much through a DNA analysis research contact. This could be the grandparent I never knew.
 
Leni said:
Please could anyone tell me which factories in Birmingham area produced parachutes during WW2 and if possible, who were the owners or managers? Thank you.
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My mom worked making parachutes in Birmingham during WW2. I can't ask her unfortunately to confirm but I think she worked for a company called Ollard, Westcombe & Company
 
Leni said:
Thanks for your replies. I was told that my maternal grandfather may have owned a garment factory in Birmingham which manufactured silk parachutes during the war but I don’t know any more than that unfortunately.
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Hi my great grandad worked making parachutes for the raf in Birmingham ,not sure where about
 
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