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Elsie Platt

Элси Плэтт

1919 – 2008

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Biography

Elsie Platt worked at the Metropolitan-Vickers factory in Trafford Park, Manchester, assembling Lancaster bomber components and radar equipment. As a charge hand, she supervised a team of 50 women on the night shift. The factory was a prime target and was bombed during the Manchester Blitz of December 1940, but production continued. Elsie later recalled the camaraderie of the women workers as the defining experience of her life.

Biography (Russian)

Элси Плэтт работала на заводе Metropolitan-Vickers в Траффорд-парке, собирая компоненты бомбардировщиков Ланкастер и радарное оборудование. Она руководила сменой из 50 женщин. Завод был разбомблён во время Блица 1940 года, но производство продолжалось.