The production of the Beaufort in Australia was notable in that - for the first time in such an endeavour, a large proportion of the workforce was female (around 35%) and untrained in this field.
A booklet was created in 1943 about the role of Women in the Beaufort workforce - in which Sir John Stanley Storey (Director of the Department of Aircraft Production - Beaufort Division) praised his "unsung work crew".
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