Ministry of Supply

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The Ministry of Supply (abbr .: MoS ) was a ministry of the British government founded in 1939 with the task of carrying out and coordinating all procurement processes for the British armed forces . This did not apply to aircraft production and part of the procurement for the Royal Navy until 1946 . Shell Mex House in London was the seat of the Ministry .

When the Ministry of Aircraft Production was dissolved, the MoS took over its responsibilities for aircraft and related research as well as for nuclear weapons. The Royal Aircraft Establishment research institute was also subject to the MoS.

The Ministry was dissolved in 1959 and its aviation-related tasks were taken over by the Air Ministry and the newly founded Ministry of Aviation .

Incidents

During the testing of commercial aircraft led by the Ministry of Supply, there were at least 6 total losses. In two of them, 19 people were killed. Extracts:

  • On August 23, 1947, an Avro Tudor 2 of the Ministry of Supply ( aircraft registration G-AGSU ) crashed near the Woodford factory airfield during a test flight immediately after take-off. All 6 occupants, 4 crew members and 2 passengers, were killed. Avro's chief designer Roy Chadwick was among the fatalities . The cause of the accident was a mistake in the assembly of the ailerons of the prototype.
  • On April 10, 1951, a test flight was carried out with a Handley Page Hermes V of the Ministry of Supply (G-ALEU) , on which three of the four engines failed one after the other. An emergency landing took place in a soaked field near Chilbolton . All five inmates survived.
  • On February 4, 1954, engine 3 (right inside) of a Bristol Britannia 101 of the Ministry of Supply (G-ALRX) had to be switched off seven minutes after take-off from Bristol-Filton Airport ( Great Britain ) and later caught fire. As a precautionary measure, the neighboring engine 4 was also switched off. During the approach to Filton, the two remaining engines 1 and 2 (left) failed. They could be launched again quickly, but an emergency landing in the marshland of the River Severn became inevitable. All 13 occupants, 7 crew members and 6 passengers survived the total loss of the machine.
  • On November 6, 1957, a Bristol Britannia 301 of the Ministry of Supply (G-ANCA) crashed on a test flight near Downend ( Great Britain ) in a forest, 7 kilometers east-southeast of the departure and destination airport Bristol-Filton. Control was lost during the approach at 1,500 feet (approximately 460 meters). All 15 occupants, 4 crew members and 11 passengers were killed.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Military Establishments and the Advancement of Science and Technology ", Forman, Paul; Sánchez-Ron, José Manuel (editors), Springer Science & Business Media 1996, ISBN 978-1-4020-0250-2 .
  2. ↑ Accident statistics UK Ministry of Supply , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 15, 2020.
  3. ^ Accident report Tudor 2 G-AGSU , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 21, 2016.
  4. ^ Accident report HP Hermes V G-ALEU , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on January 15, 2018.
  5. ^ Accident report Bristol Britannia 101 G-ALRX , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 15, 2020.
  6. ^ Accident report Bristol Britannia 301 G-ANCA , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on February 15, 2020.