"Wing-Mounters mate" job

Wibbles
Wibbles Online Community Member Posts: 2,743 Championing
edited August 17 in Work

I have been doing my family tree via Ancestry for many years and have come across a

weird job title of my great uncle being a "Wing-Mounters mate".

I have absolutely no idea what it entails..

It was in the 1921 Census

Anybody got any idea what this job was ?

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  • MW123
    MW123 Scope Member Posts: 1,443 Championing

    @Wibbles

    That's definitely not something you hear every day! It sounds like it could have been related to early aircraft assembly, maybe someone who helped fit the wings onto planes, especially since the first planes around that time were mainly made of wood. Otherwise, I’ve got no idea, that’s just a guess!

  • Adrian_Scope
    Adrian_Scope Posts: 11,780 Online Community Programme Lead

    That's a great find @Wibbles, I've not heard the term before. I'd be interested to know what you find out.

  • 66Mustang
    66Mustang Online Community Member Posts: 15,104 Championing
    edited August 18

    "- mate" in Britain in a job title basically means someone tagging along, basically like an assistant but more to tradespeople as hired muscle to do the physical stuff

    That would fit in with the plane builder theory above as I imagine that's a job that would need more than one person 😊

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