Parnall was a British aircraft manufacturer that evolved from a wood-working company before the First World War to a significant designer of military and civil aircraft into the 1940s. It was based in the west of England and was originally known as George Parnall & Co. Ltd. History In 1916, the Bristol based Parnall & Sons shopfitters started to manufacture aircraft at the Colliseum Works at Park Row in Bristol. During the First World War, the skilled staff were moved to sites around the city and in neighbouring South Gloucestershire producing planes to their own designs and, under contract, those of other companies. In 1919, the aircraft business was split from the parent company Parnall & Sons as George Parnall and Company. In the 1920s, aircraft manufacture was centralised at a factory in Yate close to an airfield used by the Royal Flying Corps. In the 1930s, gun turrets for bomber aircraft were produced. The site was a strategic target for Luftwaffe bombing and during 1941, over fifty people were killed during
Parnall fue un fabricante de aeronaves británico que evolucionó de una compañía de madera antes de la Primera Guerra Mundial a un importante diseñador de aeronaves militares y civiles en la década de 1940. Se estableció en el oeste de Inglaterra y fue originalmente conocido como George Parnall & Co. Ltd. Historia En 1916, los fabricantes de aeronaves Parnall & Sons con sede en Bristol comenzaron a fabricar aeronaves en el Colliseum Works en Park Row en Bristol. Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, el personal cualificado se trasladó a sitios alrededor de la ciudad y en el vecino South Gloucestershire produciendo aviones a sus propios diseños y, bajo contrato, a los de otras compañías. En 1919, el negocio de aeronaves se separó de la compañía matriz Parnall & Sons como George Parnall y Company. En la década de 1920, la fabricación de aeronaves se centralizó en una fábrica en Yate cerca de un aeropuerto utilizado por el Royal Flying Corps. En la década de 1930, los bombarderos para