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engine. Armstrong-Siddeley had no other capable source for these pistons, so
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56th (1st Lond.) Divl. Engrs. — Hon. Col. Sir Samuel G. Joseph, Knt. (late Capt. Spec. Res.), vacates the appt. of Hon. Col. on completion of tenure. 16th Feb. 1938. Wallace
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light alloys. Aircraft airframes, as well as engines, were now in a transitional phase and moving to the increased use of light alloys for construction, rather than wood or iron.
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