William Moore blue plaque
Overview
William Moore blue plaque is recorded as Blue plaque in England Norwich. This blue commemorative plaque records: Aeronautical Firsts In 1797 William Moore founded a company close to this site which was eventually to become Boulton & Paul Ltd. This company developed the first all metal framed aeroplane with the first ever major use of plastic in an aircraft in the world, exhibited at the Salon d'Aeronautique in Paris of 1919.
Why it was made
The saved account records: This blue commemorative plaque records: Aeronautical Firsts In 1797 William Moore founded a company close to this site which was eventually to become Boulton & Paul Ltd.
People and events
The saved account records: This company developed the first all metal framed aeroplane with the first ever major use of plastic in an aircraft in the world, exhibited at the Salon d'Aeronautique in Paris of 1919.
How it worked
The saved account records: It also built the airframe for the largest airship in the world at the time in 1925, the R101.
What remains
The saved account records: The company is most famously known for the wartime nightfighter the Boulton Paul Defiant.
Why it mattered
William Moore blue plaque matters because its inscription ties a person, group, event or old local practice to this exact place. The source records: Aeronautical Firsts In 1797 William Moore founded a company close to this site which was eventually to become Boulton & Paul Ltd. This company developed the first all metal framed aeroplane with the first ever major use of plastic in an aircraft in the world, exhibited at the Salon d'Aeronautique in Paris of 1919. It also built the airframe for the largest airship in the world at the time in 1925, the R101. The company is most famously known for the wartime nightfighter the Boulton Paul Defiant. The importance lies in the life remembered here, not in the plaque as a piece of metal.
History checked 15 August 2026 against the named sources below.
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