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The US established the Air Warning Service and Air Warning Corp along with some of the associated radar stations before/at-the-start of WWII.
I know some axis factories had their own defensive fighters, did American factories do the same, maintain a private security Airforce?Republic, Grumman and Vought were all in close proximity to each other and the Long Island Sound, so anything trying to sneak into NYC would have plenty of opposition to their intrusions, I'd think. Then, you've got Brewster and Curtiss a little further north and inland, so somebody, somewhere, would be able to put out the welcome mat for any errant Germans flying in from Norway or wherever.
Didn't matter anyway, no German aircraft had the range to get there with a payload and get back home afterwards.
I would assume that would be the case, there should be plenty of aircraft available coming off the lines, and with flight testing, etc. there were probably plenty of them that were armed.I know some axis factories had their own defensive fighters, did American factories do the same, maintain a private security Airforce?
noI know some axis factories had their own defensive fighters, did American factories do the same, maintain a private security Airforce?
True story that attests to Home Front commitment to the war effort: My great aunt was a part-time civilian air spotter when away from her regular job at the east coast Yorktown Naval Mine Depot. This was while her husband, a career Marine, was fighting at Guadalcanal and elsewhere in the South Pacific.The US established the Air Warning Service and Air Warning Corp along with some of the associated radar stations before/at-the-start of WWII. The number of stations increased during the war along with the capabilities. In some ways it was a fairly sophisticated effort. See:
"Aircraft Warning Service - Wikipedia"
"Aircraft Warning Corps - Wikipedia"
"Northeastern WWII Radar Sites - FortWiki Historic U.S. and Canadian Forts"
"Bethany Beach WWII Radar Site (2) - FortWiki Historic U.S. and Canadian Forts"
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In those days, no one was taking chances, as they had no idea what the Axis was capable of. Look how the West Coast was under constant fear of a Japanese invasion.A German air-strike upon the East Coast is something I regard as Wehraboo territory.
In those days, no one was taking chances, as they had no idea what the Axis was capable of. Look how the West Coast was under constant fear of a Japanese invasion.
In the east, it was discovered that Germany had weather stations in Greenland, which were supplied by ship and by aircraft (like the Do26), so an attack on the east coast was not impossible if the Germans wanted to make the effort (at great expense for little gain).