B-24 Willow Run Assembly Plant (video)

http://www.youtube.com/embed/iKlt6rNciTo?rel=0 ^

[Hot Tabasco]

Everything was a rush job but in the end they got the job done.

Even their two aircraft carriers located in Lake Michigan........

A while back I got an email link to these two ships. the site had tons of pictures of the carriers in action and on deck and off deck crashes of the planes. It was pretty incredible......

USS Wolverine (IX-64) was a freshwater aircraft carrier of the United States Navy during World War II. She had been converted from a paddlewheeler coal-burning steamer to be used for advanced training for naval aviators in carrier take-offs and landings in Lake Michigan…

[shove_it]

Don’t know about JIT mfg. of the B-25 but it was famous for crashing into the Empire State Building ...

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS495US496&ion=1&ie=UTF-8#gs_rn=12&gs_ri=psy-ab&cp=53&gs_id=1&xhr=t&q=The+Plane+That+Crashed+Into+the+Empire+State+Building&es_nrs=true&pf=p&rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS495US496&output=search&sclient=psy-ab&oq=The+Plane+That+Crashed+Into+the+Empire+State+Building&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_qf.&bvm=bv.47008514,d.eWU&fp=e50ff7c0263e4889&biw=0&bih=465&ion=1

Wow, what a long link!

[Chode]

and at one point the union had a massive strike...

[HereInTheHeartland]

“ADOLF HITLER HAD NO IDEA THE U.S. WAS CAPABLE OF THIS KIND OF THING.”

It’s the same with American liberals today.

[Western Phil]

“ships that broke in half”

WWII submarine/ship welding was a great impetus for the development of non-destructive testing technology of welds. The requirements were to fill the notch between two adjoining plates with weld material, a time consuming, difficult process. The welders would fill most of the notch with welding rods and weld over the top, giving an outward appearance of a satisfactory weld.

[nascarnation]

Interesting post about the welding.
Was that laziness or inexperience?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

We posted an article about the Willow Run plant for May 22, 1942 a year ago. See images #6 and #7.

WWII + 70 years, May 22, 2012.

7

[Shady]

I am glad they were on our side...

[Shady]

My Wife’s Dr. Had his office on the 78th floor...been there many times...

[shove_it]

Great stuff, Homer. You just reminded me of a big slideshow I posted three years ago about the Willow Run plant ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/2467156/posts

[Western Phil]

It was deliberate malfeasance to get credit for work not done.

[shove_it]

JIT Production ...

http://www.strategosinc.com/just_in_time.htm

[DaxtonBrown]

Thanks for B24 pic, goes in my collection.