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I have been researching an ancestor in London and he appears on a death certificate in 1944 which occupation listed as Carpenter M.O.A.P.
I cannot find any reference to what this M.O.A.P.means. Does anyone recognise it ?
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Ministry of Aircraft Production?
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Hi, I have to agree with the above post, In July of the following year it was amalgamated into the ministry of supply.
Regards,jess
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Thanks for the posts, much appreciated however I am still unsure how that would relate to carpentry. A living relative does not recall him being involved in that field at all, "he made things and sold them" is how she recalls its.
I wonder if there are any other possibilities?
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Hi Newlogs,
Carpentry would be needed (and still is) in the building of production jigs, packing cases for shipping and storage . . . The list is endless. If a skilled carpenter he may have been overseeing semi-skilled labour. All of this activity would have been of a secure nature and covered by the Official Secrets Act. As a result, like many he may never have felt inclined to speak of his work.
Alan
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Thanks Alan, that support the fact we know he had people working for him
Regards
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In addition some aircraft were of wooden construction - for example the Mosquito and the many gliders used in the Normandy landings and Operation Market Garden.
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thank you
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Something of a digression, a conversation about a person who may still be living at Doncaster, close on 100 if he is, but I saw him 2 years ago, and he looked much the same as ever! A colleague described him as being very highly skilled having built Lancaster bombers in the war. I knew this to be untrue and was able to correct it thus. "He was even more highly skilled than you think, his craft was toolmaker, so he made the tools which were used to build the Lancasters!
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Interesting input, thank you. I shall continue to ask the family member if they can recall anything more about what he used to make.
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Tried an acronym finder, MOAP in military & government, Management. Observation.Assessment,Program. was he checking carpentry skills of those people who were not actual carpenters, so many did jobs during the war, that they were not trained for, my mum was a riviter in a boat yard. Dave
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I think it stands for Ministry of Air Production.
Later to become the Ministry of Supply.
I suppose he could have been a air frame inspector as many WW2 aircraft were wooden framed. He may well have been a Chargehand.