Ministry of Aircraft Production

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The Ministry of Aircraft Production was a British government department during World War II responsible for overseeing and accelerating the design, manufacture, and supply of military aircraft.

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Generate an image of the Ministry of Aircraft Production (The Ministry of Aircraft Production was a British government department during World War II responsible for overseeing and accelerating the design, manufacture, and supply of military aircraft.)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Kingdom government department ⓘ
former government ministry ⓘ
appliesToPeriod Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
conflict Second World War ⓘ
linked to: World War II
country United Kingdom ⓘ
dissolved 1945 ⓘ
firstMinister Lord Beaverbrook ⓘ
governmentBranch executive branch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
hasMainTask allocation of raw materials to aircraft factories ⓘ
coordination of aircraft industry ⓘ
coordination of research and development in aeronautics ⓘ
design of military aircraft ⓘ
increasing aircraft output ⓘ
management of aircraft repair and overhaul ⓘ
production of military aircraft ⓘ
standardisation of aircraft components ⓘ
supply of military aircraft ⓘ
hasMinister John Llewellin ⓘ
Lord Beaverbrook ⓘ
Sir Archibald Sinclair (in related Air Ministry coordination) ⓘ
Sir Stafford Cripps ⓘ
linked to: Stafford Cripps
hasOrganizationalForm ministry ⓘ
headquartersLocation London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
historicalRole key organisation in Allied air power buildup ⓘ
inception 1940 ⓘ
industry aerospace industry ⓘ
defence industry ⓘ
jurisdiction Government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: UK government
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
locatedInTime World War II ⓘ
notableFor centralised control of aircraft manufacturing ⓘ
mobilisation of civilian industry for aircraft production ⓘ
rapid expansion of British aircraft production during the Battle of Britain ⓘ
use of shadow factories ⓘ
parentOrganization His Majesty's Government ⓘ
partOf British war economy ⓘ
reasonForDissolution post-war reorganisation of supply ministries ⓘ
replaced Air Ministry (in aircraft production functions) ⓘ
linked to: Air Ministry
replacedBy Ministry of Supply ⓘ
linked to: Minister of Supply
responsibleFor Fleet Air Arm aircraft procurement ⓘ
Royal Air Force aircraft procurement ⓘ
coordination with United States aircraft supply under Lend-Lease ⓘ
licensing of aircraft designs for production ⓘ
shortName MAP ⓘ
subordinateTo Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ⓘ
War Cabinet (United Kingdom) ⓘ
usedMethod dispersal of factories to reduce vulnerability to bombing ⓘ
mass production techniques ⓘ
standardised production lines ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MAUD Committee → reportedTo → Ministry of Aircraft Production ⓘ
Lord Beaverbrook → positionHeld → Minister of Aircraft Production ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Aircraft Production
MAUD Report → relatedOrganization → British Ministry of Aircraft Production ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Aircraft Production
Telecommunications Research Establishment → predecessor → Ministry of Aircraft Production Research Establishment ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Aircraft Production
Telecommunications Research Establishment → operatedBy → Ministry of Aircraft Production ⓘ
Telecommunications Research Establishment → formerlyKnownAs → Ministry of Aircraft Production Research Establishment ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Aircraft Production
Air Ministry → coordinateWith → Ministry of Aircraft Production (United Kingdom) ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Aircraft Production
MAP → fullName → Ministry of Aircraft Production ⓘ
Tizard Mission → organizedBy → British Ministry of Aircraft Production ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Aircraft Production
Air Transport Auxiliary → subordinateTo → British Ministry of Aircraft Production ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Aircraft Production
Royal Radar Establishment → operatedBy → Ministry of Aviation ⓘ
linked to: Ministry of Aircraft Production
British government during World War II → usedBody → Ministry of Aircraft Production ⓘ