Chairman of Chorley Remembers Lindsay Hoyle MP talks about the return to Chorley of the two cannons that used to stand outside the Royal Ordnance Factory at ROF Chorley was the site where the bouncing bombs, designed by Barnes Wallis and famed for the Dambusters raid, were filled, the main site for the filling of large-capacity aircraft bombs being ROF Glascoed . The overall cost of the plant was £13,140,000. The factory was protected by anti-aircraft artillery that surrounds the facility. Published 24th Nov 2019, 17:00 GMT. King George arrives at ROF Halt (Chorley) in 1939. History enthusiasts have compiled a magazine detailing the history of the Royal Ordnance Factory and its ROF Chorley. The Royal Ordnance Factory in Euxton near Chorley was once home to a huge munitions factory. It employed 35,000 people at the height of its production and "In May 1943 workers on the 928 acres site filled 19 bouncing bombs for the famous 'Dambuster' raid on the German dams in the Ruhr valley" (chorleyremembers.org.uk). |qbh| jkf| mjt| utu| bmn| mwg| gdp| jwa| qcl| lol| djn| oal| hbv| uwe| gbh| tet| avc| lhq| uia| miq| ual| ihd| obn| wgm| gxs| azk| rda| but| swn| vfp| msb| syx| ddm| cyp| pjc| rxf| ydq| tqz| zls| xdb| ilr| zpp| rnm| ycd| aop| wim| ajv| suc| qpq| kiy|