"Everybody wants the product but nobody wants to put the finances in it," said William Scott, one of the British contractors.

Originally, 13 airfields were re-built by British contractors, and on all of them also a number of hardened aircraft shelters was built.

Sir John Kelk, 1st Baronet (1816-1886), British contractor and politician.

The original British contractor got the parts to Tacna but failed to complete the section of the journey with mules.

Reporting indicated that 13 passengers, including two British civilian contractors, were killed by the blast and another seven passers-by were also killed or injured.

Others may be hidden in tunnel-like bunkers with walls four feet thick and heavy blast doors, built in recent years by British contractors.

It was built by British contractors in the 1950s.

Last week the company, a leading British military contractor, was forced to negotiate special arrangements with its bankers.

But the most reliable member of any team of British contractors is the gremlin.

In the event only two British contractors took the offer seriously, Brassey and William Mackenzie.