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avro, a contraction of A.V. Roe Company. a U.K . aircraft company originally. Maker of iconic aircraft during the First and Second World War, it was purchased by the hawker Siddley groupin 1935,and became a subsidiary. In the 1950s, Hawker Siddeley Group purchased the former Victory Aircraft firm in Malton, Ontario, and renamed the operation Avro Aircraft Limited (Canada). Commonly known as Avro Canada it was actually a subsidiary of the Hawker Siddeley Group and used the Avro name for trading purposes. Makers of Canada's Pride and Joy the Avro Arrow
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