Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft was a British aircraft manufacturer of the World War II era. They were primarily a repair and overhaul shop, but also a construction shop for other companies' designs, notably t
The Cunliffe-Owen OA-1 in Egypt, 1942.
The former Cunliffe-Owen shadow factory, later the Ford Southampton plant
The Burnelli UB-14 and a developed variant named OA-1 Clyde Clipper were 1930s American prototype lifting-fuselage airliners designed by Vincent Burnelli, who was responsible for constructing the firs
Cunliffe-Owen Aircraft
…a shadow factory in preparation for World War II, and was opened by the Mayor of Southampton on 2 February 1939. The company intended to produce the Burnelli UB-14 lifting fuselage under licence as the Cunliffe-Owen OA-Mk1. An example was assembled in 1939. The resulting plane was known as the Clyde Clipper but…
Burnelli UB 14 photo Le Pontentiel Aérien Mondial 1936
The Perseus XIVc-powered Cunliffe-Owen O.A.1 in July 1939
Burnelli UB-14 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile February 1936