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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.2
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
   
     We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3; No.
33-63459) and related Prospectus of Wyman-Gordon Company for the registration of
16,500,000 shares of its common stock and to the incorporation by reference
therein of our report dated June 23, 1997 with respect to the consolidated
financial statements and schedule of Wyman-Gordon Company included in its Annual
Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended May 31, 1997, filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission.
    
 
   
                                          /s/ Ernst & Young LLP
    
 
Boston, Massachusetts
   
August 14, 1997