A.J. Baime
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- Dec 12, 2012
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Hello, my name is A.J. Baime. I'm a new member of this forum and a writer working on a book about the Willow Run bomber plant, which sought to build a B-24 bomber every hour during WWII—the most ambitious industrial experiment ever at the time. I would like to hear from anyone who worked at Willow Run, heard anything about Willow Run, had an opinion about Liberators made by Ford, or worked anywhere in Detroit during the war. Would anyone share any thoughts? I'd love to hear 'em!
Surely you don't take that serious ? That'd amount to 365,000 in one year.I already heard something that Ford wanted to built 1000 bombers per day. How close they arrived of this mark?
In what way? Speed? Quality? To back up that statment you would have to be more specific and look at manufacturer's defect reports. If you want to base it on loose statistics against the amount of aircraft built between 1941 and 1945, your statement is false.Rosie may have known how to rivet but she was nowhere near as proficient as peacetime trained employees.
Rosie may have known how to rivet but she was nowhere near as proficient as peacetime trained employees.
Rosie may have known how to rivet but she was nowhere near as proficient as peacetime trained employees.
Surely you don't take that serious ? That'd amount to 365,000 in one year.
They made over 18,000, total, about 650 at their peak, in one month, in 1944.
Even Henry Ford, deep in dementia, wouldn't have tried to tell anyone he could built that many heavy bombers that fast.
Desconsiderate. But I heard something about the US producing 1000 aircraft per day (of all types). I'm searching for an estimative of the true industrial capacity of the US aircraft production in WWII. It seems that the industry started to desacelerate after 1943.
Agree, but in hindsight, those who were doing the purchasing at the time had no idea when the war was going to end, thus the flood gate of war material.Did the USAAF need all those B 24s even by late 43 they must have begun to wonder what to do with them. I know they often became transports but I bet a lot of the Ford aircraft ended up sitting on a field doing not much. With 20/20 hindsight build half as many B24s and half as many more B 17s.
Agree, but in hindsight, those who were doing the purchasing at the time had no idea when the war was going to end, thus the flood gate of war material.
I certainly would prefer to throw away the extras I don't need after the war, than to not have enough to win the war.
Getting to the original question at hand. Is there any information on the quality as a whole, of the aircraft produced by sub-contracted companies. I know Goodyear was very good with the Corsair. I have heard the problems with Brewster. I guess what I am asking, was it more common that the sub-contracted aircraft were not as good, or just as good, as the primary builder?