Joshua Stoff - Picture History of World War II American Aircraft Production (Dover Transportation)

100 HISTORIC SHIPS IN FULL COLOR, John Batchelor. (0-486-42067-1)

Six TITANIC PAINTINGS CARDS, John Batchelor. (0-486-40001-8)

THE ART OF RIGGING, George Biddlecombe. (0-486-26343-6)

THE KEDGE ANCHOR; OR, YOUNG SAILORS ASSISTANT, William Brady. (0-486-41992-4)

STORY OF THE TITANIC: 24 CARDS, Frank O. Braynard. (0-486-25611-1)

HISTORY OF THE BUCCANEERS OF AMERICA, James Burney. (0-486-42328-X)

ARCHITECTURA NAVALIS MERCATORIA: THE CLASSIC OF EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY NAVAL ARCHITECTURE, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman. (0-486-45155-0)

THE TITANIC COLORING BOOK, Peter F. Copeland. (0-486-29756-X)

THE BOOK OF OLD SHIPS: FROM EGYPTIAN GALLEYS TO CLIPPER SHIPS, Henry B. Culver. (0-486-27332-6)

MEMOIRS OF A BUCCANEER: DAMPIERS NEW VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD, 1697, William Dampier. (0-486-45726-5)

Two YEARS BEFORE THE MAST: A PERSONAL NARRATIVE, Richard Henry Dana, Jr. (0-486-45802-4)

SHIP MODELS: How TO BUILD THEM, Charles G. Davis. (0-486-25170-5)

THE SHIP MODEL BUILDERS ASSISTANT, Charles G. Davis. (0-486-25584-0)

A GENERAL HISTORY OF THE PYRATES, Daniel Defoe. (0-486-40488-9)

SAILING BOATS FROM AROUND THE WORLD: THE CLASSIC 1906 TREATISE, Henry Coleman Folkard. (O-486-41099-4)

THE MISSISSIPPI STEAMBOAT ERA IN HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS: NATCHEZ TO NEW ORLEANS. 18701920, Edited by Joan W. Gandy and Thomas H. Gandy. (0-486-25260-4)

THE HISTORY OF PIRACY, Philip Gosse. (048646183-1)

AMERICAN SHIP MODELS AND How TO BUILD THEM, V. R. Grimwood. (0-486-42612-2)

AMERICAS LIGHTHOUSES: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY, Francis Ross Holland. (0-486-25576-X)

OLD SHIP FIGURE-HEADS AND STERNS, L. G. Carr Laughton. (0-486-41533-3)

THE YOUNG SEA OFFICERS SHEET ANCHOR: OR A KEY TO THE LEADING OF RIGGING AND TO PRACTICAL SEAMANSHIP, Darcy Lever. (0-486-40220-7)

THE CRUISE OF THE SNARK, Jack London. (0-486-41248-2)

ON BOARD THE TITANIC: THE COMPLETE STORY WITH EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS, Edited by Logan Marshall. (0-486-45098-8)

GREAT SHIPS IN NEW YORK HARBOR: 175 HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS, 1935-2005, William H. Miller, Jr. (0-486-44609-3)

THE QE2: A PICTURE HISTORY, William H. Miller, Jr. (0-486-46301-X)

THE FABULOUS INTERIORS OF THE GREAT OCEAN LINERS IN HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHS, William H. Miller, Jr. (0-486-24756-2)

PICTORIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF OCEAN LINERS, 18601994: 417 PHOTOGRAPHS, William H. Miller, Jr. (0-486-28137-X)

DOOMED SHIPS: GREAT OCEAN LINER DISASTERS, William H. Miller, Jr. (0-486-45366-9)

THE STORY OF JACK BALLISTERS FORTUNES, Howard Pyle. (0-486-45467-3)

SUPERSTITIONS OF SAILORS, Angelo S. Rappoport. (0-486-45601-3)

HOW TO BUILD EGYPTIAN BOAT MODELS: PATTERNS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THREE ROYAL VESSELS, Jack Sintich. (0-486-45566-1)

THE ARTS OF THE SAILOR: KNOTTING, SPLICING AND ROPEWORK, Hervey Garrett Smith. (0-486-26440-8)

THE WORLDS LIGHTHOUSES: FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO 1820, D. Alan Stevenson. (0-486-41824-3)

BUCCANEERS AND PIRATES, Frank R. Stockton. With illustrations by George Varian and B. West Clinedinst. (0-486-45425-8)

THE STORY OF THE TITANIC As TOLD BY ITS SURVIVORS, Edited by Jack Winocour. (0-486-20610-6)

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Copyright

Copyright 1993 by Joshua Stoff. All rights reserved.

Bibliographical Note

Picture History of World War II American Aircraft Production is a new work, first published by Dover Publications, Inc., in 1993.

Edited by Alan Weissman

Designed by Jeanne Joudry

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Stoff, Joshua.

Picture history of World War II American aircraft production / Joshua Stoff.

p. cm.

Includes index.

9780486139074

1. Airplanes, MilitaryUnited StatesDesign and constructionHistory. 2. Airplanes, MilitaryUnited StatesDesign and constructionPictorial works. 3. World War, 1939-1945Aerial operations, American. I. Title. II. Title: Picture history of World War Two American aircraft production.

TL685.3.S767 1993
623.746097309044dc20

93-15726 CIP

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PREFACE

The photos in this book portray American aircraft production in World War II, including representative views of the various types of planes and operations involved. Lengthy research through various governmental and private archives failed to turn up production photos for all types of American World War II aircraft, and, of the production photos found, not all major operations in the construction process could be portrayed for each aircraft. Sadly, much has been lost to history. The photos presented here, however, do form a brief survey that conveys the massiveness of the American aircraft-production program and the speed and professionalism with which it was carried out. It is hoped that the reader will thereby come to appreciate what was done in those heady days of trial and tribulation of so long ago.

Special thanks to the following individuals and organizations for their support of this project: George Dade, Mike Machat, Jim Maas, Jay Frey, Peter Kirkup, Lois Lovisolo, Harry Gann and Jim Boss; the National Air and Space Museum, the Grumman Corporation, the McDonnell Douglas Corporation, the General Dynamics Corporation, the EDO Corporation and the Nassau County Museum.

JOSHUA STOFF

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION

The President talks of only 5,000 more planes and when I talk of 50,000 Im called demented. But the time is going to come when well be crying for 100,000 planesand more.

GENERAL WILLIAM (BILLY) MITCHELL, 1936

One of the greatest industrial feats of all time was the massive production of aircraft by American manufacturers during World War II. In many ways, the Allied victory hinged on this huge American industrial contribution. This achievement also resulted in several new developments in American industry: (1) The true mass production of military aircraft, a phenomenon never seen before or since. (2) The unprecedented introduction of large numbers of women and minorities into the skilled work force. (3) The greatest period of camaraderie and high morale among workersever.