Lockheed During WWII - unbelievable 1940s pictures

[JChlupsa]

This was emailed to me and thought I would pass it on, Neat cars like the article states
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This is pretty neat -- special effects during the 1940's, I have never seen these pictures or knew that we had gone this far to protect our resources. During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air. (Besides everything else, check out the cars.)
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[JChlupsa]

[396L35]

Thats awesome.

[CC Rider]

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Thats awesome.

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Yes it is!

[jannes_z-28]

I once knew a man who had worked at one of the plants in LA during the WWII. I don't remember if he worked for Douglas or Lookheed. Anyway he told me that during the change of shifts they had to syncronize trafficlights and railroad crossings in the area. A change of working shift meant that 60.000 people would go out and 60.000 was going in!

Jan

[StealthBird]

Thanks SO much for posting! I've been looking for these photos for a LONG time! I remember picking up a book once (about 10 years ago) on the P-38 Lightning, and swore I saw a photo of a camouflaged plant, but then I couldn't find the photo or the book again.

[427TJ]

My mother was born in Burbank in 1933 and grew up in nearby Glendale and she vividly remembers P-38s flying overhead during the war. When I was a kid ('70s) I built a model of the all-red "YIPPIE" P-38 (5,000th P-38) and my mom said, "I remember that airplane."

[Salvatore]

Great pictures! What a great Nation we live in!

[southernfriedcj]

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"lived"

[396L35]

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Great pictures! What a great Nation we live in!

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"lived"

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I will second that call southernfried.