Plane - Factory - The world's fastest production line 1942
by Mike Savad
Title
Plane - Factory - The world's fastest production line 1942
Artist
Mike Savad
Medium
Photograph - Colorized Photo
Description
Colorized photo from 1942
Original Title: Miscellaneous collection of photos of aircraft production
Photographer: Unknown
Location: Downey, CA
This is the Vultee Aircraft factory from around 1942-1943, and this part of the factory, only makes the Vultee A-31/A-35(V-72) Vengeance for Great Britain.
In its day it was considered the world's fastest production line. Vultee was the first company to build aircraft on a powered assembly line, it was also the first to use women workers in production line positions.
In 1943, Consolidated and Vultee merged, creating the Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation, popularly known as convair.
The Vultee A-31 Vengeance was an American dive bomber used in World War II. However they didn't actually use these in the US, they were made for and operated as a front-line aircraft by the British Royal Air Force, the Royal Australian Air Force, and the Indian Air Force in Southeast Asia and the Southwest Pacific. They remained in service till 1945.
Uploaded
February 17th, 2021
Statistics
Viewed 3,086 Times - Last Visitor from New York, NY on 04/22/2024 at 8:03 PM
Embed
Share
Sales Sheet
