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John A Lloyd was born on October 20, 1888 and died 1978 in Kingston upon Thames, the first son of Charles and Mary Jane Lloyd.

His true road to remembrance via his legacy began on the outbreak of the First World War, where he joined the Royal Aircraft Establishment, (RAE) at Farnborough, England as the Head of Stress Calculating and Design. He was clearly going onto bigger & better things.

In the year 1917 he became Assistant Chief Designer at Siddeley Deasy Company in Parkside, nr Coventry, and was responsible for not one or two but all their aircraft designs, of which the most notable was the pioneering Siskin. When Siddeley Deasy merged with Armstrong-Whitworth, he retained his position and then in 1924 became Chief Designer right up to and after WW11, until 1948. Here he excelled and took on the responsibility of designing all Armstrong-Whitworth aircraft ; quite an achievement!

The list of aircraft he pioneered is quite impressive and includes the Argosy, Atalanta, Ensign and Apollo airliners, the Whitley bomber and the unique A.W. 52 which was referred to as the experimental "flying wing". In-fact in 1948 Lloyd went on to became the Technical Director of Armstrong-Whitworth, a position he held until his retirement in March, 1955.

His pioneering contribution to designing over 30 aircraft now remains largely forgotten or simply unknown, especially in "The Land of his Mothers & Fathers". I had the appreciated opportunity of speak to an Englishman in Coventry who was trying his best to get recognition for John Lloyd, F.R.Ae.S, back in the mid 1990's ; I can no longer contact him via his original mobile to continue to offer my great thanks; diolch Mr Johnson!

"Forget Them Not!".......................... Neil App Jones

Biography References

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www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/need-help-tribute-aircraft-designer-3127607 Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Since 1913, Oliver Tapper (Putnam., 1973) Flight April 1, 1955 http://aircraftdesigners.blogspot.com/2011/12/john-lloyd-1888-1978.html http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0014%2FJOLD http://britishaviation-ptp.com/ Roger Moss