WWII Airplane Factories

[FastMover]

I came across these pictures on another forum and thought you guys would enjoy them as well.

 

[SnipeDude]

The hanger where they built the Enola Gay is now the Offutt AFB gym. Their other big bomber factory now houses everything from the Air Force Weather Agency to the bowling alley and college office.

 

[fc2spyguy]

Back when "good enough for the government" had a whole different meaning.

 

[FastMover]

We may be in bad shape if we are involved in another war of WWII proportions. Where will we get the electricians, welders, bullets, uniforms, ships, etc. needed to field a fighting force capable of sustaining the fight for more than a year or so? The steel industry is in bad shape, we've got no textile industry nor do we have a (civilian) ship building industry anymore. Something to think about...

 

[Gatordev]

We may be in bad shape if we are involved in another war of WWII proportions. Where will we get the electricians, welders, bullets, uniforms, ships, etc. needed to field a fighting force capable of sustaining the fight for more than a year or so? The steel industry is in bad shape, we've got no textile industry nor do we have a (civilian) ship building industry anymore. Something to think about...

While all that may be true, something I've always been impressed with is American ingenuity. We didn't have all that (at least in some organized form) before WWII either. Hell, we didn't have an industry to put men on the moon, but in less than a decade, we did it.

No doubt it would take some time to get up to speed, but I bet it could be done again, independent of it ever actually being needed again.

 

[A4sForever]

Douglas Aircraft factory, Santa Monica-LA, in WW2 ... you gotta' look hard ...

 

[cosmania]

While all that may be true, something I've always been impressed with is American ingenuity. We didn't have all that (at least in some organized form) before WWII either. Hell, we didn't have an industry to put men on the moon, but in less than a decade, we did it.

No doubt it would take some time to get up to speed, but I bet it could be done again, independent of it ever actually being needed again.

I'm pretty sure that most of the women in those pictures weren't previously trained as welders or aircraft mechanics. My worry is not if we have the technical savvy to make lots of war machines, but if our populace has the guts to support it.

 

[Gatordev]

I'm pretty sure that most of the women in those pictures weren't previously trained as welders or aircraft mechanics. My worry is not if we have the technical savvy to make lots of war machines, but if our populace has the guts to support it.

My personal opinion is that they would, if the event was monumental enough. Like a 9/11 event, but on an international scale. Like a big war....a World War, if you will.

 

[Flash]

We may be in bad shape if we are involved in another war of WWII proportions. Where will we get the electricians, welders, bullets, uniforms, ships, etc. needed to field a fighting force capable of sustaining the fight for more than a year or so? The steel industry is in bad shape, we've got no textile industry nor do we have a (civilian) ship building industry anymore. Something to think about...

I seriously doubt we will be, it is over 60 years later and the world is a very different place. Any large scale conventional war will likely be a 'come as you are' conflict.

 

[Morgan81]

We may be in bad shape if we are involved in another war of WWII proportions. Where will we get the electricians, welders, bullets, uniforms, ships, etc. needed to field a fighting force capable of sustaining the fight for more than a year or so? The steel industry is in bad shape, we've got no textile industry nor do we have a (civilian) ship building industry anymore. Something to think about...

Global economies have almost put an end to that. Why would we want to go to war with people who make our goods at extremely low cost, and conversely why would people who make our goods want to bite the hand that feeds. Wars don't happen when they would destroy both sides.

 

[Flash]

Global economies have almost put an end to that. Why would we want to go to war with people who make our goods at extremely low cost, and conversely why would people who make our goods want to bite the hand that feeds. Wars don't happen when they would destroy both sides.

Never underestimate the stupidity of man, they do happen sometimes.......

 

[Morgan81]

This is the one situation were corporate greed is a good thing. You get enough lobbyists hammering away at politicians things happen. I know pride and human being lunacy can have an overriding power, but you can't fight a war when you can't feed your citizens.

 

[MasterBates]

I know pride and human being lunacy can have an overriding power, but you can't fight a war when you can't feed your citizens.

The Norks, Japanese and Germans all did a pretty good job of fighting us when the citizenry was starving..

 

[eddie]

Global economies have almost put an end to that. Why would we want to go to war with people who make our goods at extremely low cost, and conversely why would people who make our goods want to bite the hand that feeds. Wars don't happen when they would destroy both sides.

Do you KNOW why the Japanese bombed Pearl???

 

[CWJones411]

Yeah read some of the Chinese militarization threads and that warm fuzzy feeling called "security" goes away pretty quickly.