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Offline RATTFINK

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Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« on: September 03, 2008, 02:43:37 PM »
The following was forwarded to me from a friend:


Lockheed During WWII (unbelievable 1940s pictures) This is pretty neat--special effects during
the 1940's:  I have never seen these pictures or knew that we had gone this far to protect us.
During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft
Plant to protect it from Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting to make it look
like a rural subdivision from the air.
                                                                           
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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #1 on: September 03, 2008, 02:45:02 PM »
Were we really that scared of the Germans being able to reach us from Europe?

  the game is concentrated on combat, not on shaking the screen.

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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2008, 02:50:46 PM »
Were we really that scared of the Germans being able to reach us from Europe?

Please tell me you were joking.


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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2008, 02:53:15 PM »
cool pics  :aok
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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #4 on: September 03, 2008, 03:00:57 PM »
Were we really that scared of the Germans being able to reach us from Europe?


We were hiding the Lockheed plant from the Japs.
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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2008, 03:11:51 PM »
Were we really that scared of the Germans being able to reach us from Europe?
Hurray for literacy!

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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2008, 03:49:20 PM »
Please tell me you were joking.


Nice Pics.

Yes i was... you people are no fun..  :noid

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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2008, 04:18:01 PM »
Were we really that scared of the Germans being able to reach us from Europe?

Of course, they bombed Pearl Harbor didn't they?



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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #8 on: September 03, 2008, 04:38:28 PM »
Of course, they bombed Pearl Harbor didn't they?



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I remember when Stephen Waldren posted about how the Germans attacked Pearl Harbor with Helicopters :lol

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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #9 on: September 03, 2008, 04:45:42 PM »
I remember when Stephen Waldren posted about how the Germans attacked Pearl Harbor with Helicopters :lol

Classic!

Mine was a reference from a movie far beyond your time. 


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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #10 on: September 03, 2008, 05:05:08 PM »
Mine was a reference from a movie far beyond your time. 


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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #11 on: September 03, 2008, 05:09:08 PM »

HOOOOORRRRRRRYYYYWWOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOD!!

The Jap version?
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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2008, 05:16:09 PM »
Mine was a reference from a movie far beyond your time. 


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Germans??? ;)
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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #13 on: September 03, 2008, 05:21:19 PM »
wait where was the plant located,if it was on hawaii or possibly the panama canal i would see the point of hiding it.but if it were anywhere else there is not much of a point.

btw i saw a bomber in one of the photos.what was the bomber?

did they make any other kinds of planes?

i wouldn't think that america would go to this extent to protect the factory,when because on the coast of the atlantic US they didn't make people shut down thier lights.

which might have saved more shipping because the u-boats could go along new york and even florida and see where our liberty ships and alll that was coming from.

the coastline was lit up along the us. I have some good photos from a book. :D
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Re: Hiding the Lockheed plant during WWII
« Reply #14 on: September 03, 2008, 05:44:44 PM »
wait where was the plant located
Burbank
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