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WWII Martin-Baker produced several prototype military aircraft during World War II, although none ever entered production. These designs included:
Martin-Baker M.B.1
Martin-Baker M.B.2
Martin-Baker M.B.3 (1942) - 6 cannon armed fighter design: prototype crashed killing Val Baker
Martin-Baker M.B.5 (1944) - Griffon engined with contra rotating propeller fighter design
Martin-Baker M.B.6, (WW2 jet fighter project with swing-arm, 0/0 spring-loaded ejection seat)
Martin-Baker M.B.7, Black Bess (postwar interceptor/high-speed test aircraft concept). Small flight models made but concept cancelled in 1947.
Throughout the war the company manufactured aircraft components including armoured aircraft seats for the Supermarine: Spitfire.
WWII Manufactured parts for the De Havilland Mosquito
1944 the company was approached by the Ministry of Aircraft Production to investigate how the pilot of a a high speed fighter aircraft could be assisted in bailing out. '