United States wartime aircraft production program

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The United States wartime aircraft production program was a massive World War II industrial mobilization effort that coordinated government and private industry to rapidly design, manufacture, and deliver military aircraft on an unprecedented scale.

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instanceOf World War II home front program
wartime industrial mobilization program
aimedAt mass production of combat aircraft
rapid design of military aircraft
supply of aircraft to Allied nations
supply of aircraft to U.S. armed forces
conflict World War II
coordinatedBy Air Force Materiel Command
surface form: Army Air Forces Materiel Command

Bureau of Aeronautics
surface form: Navy Bureau of Aeronautics

Office of Production Management
War Production Board
coordinatedWith Lend-Lease program
country United States of America
involvedIndustry Bell Aircraft
Boeing
Chrysler
Consolidated Aircraft
Curtiss-Wright Corporation
surface form: Curtiss-Wright

Douglas Aircraft Company
Eastern Aircraft Division
Ford Motor Company
General Motors
Grumman
Kaiser Industries
surface form: Kaiser Company

Lockheed Aircraft Company
surface form: Lockheed

North American Aviation
Republic Aviation
United Aircraft Corporation
surface form: United Aircraft

Vultee Aircraft
laborForce included African American workers in expanding roles
included large numbers of women workers
notableProduct Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
surface form: B-17 Flying Fortress

Consolidated B-24 Liberator
surface form: B-24 Liberator

B-29 Superfortress
Grumman F4F Wildcat
surface form: F4F Wildcat

Grumman F6F Hellcat
surface form: F6F Hellcat

Lockheed P-38 Lightning
surface form: P-38 Lightning

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt
surface form: P-47 Thunderbolt

North American P-51 Mustang
surface form: P-51 Mustang

Grumman TBF Avenger
surface form: TBF Avenger
partOf United States wartime aircraft production program self-linksurface differs
surface form: United States war production effort in World War II
producedTypeOfEquipment bombers
fighters
gliders
patrol aircraft
trainers
transport aircraft
resultedIn dramatic increase in U.S. airpower
establishment of long-term U.S. aerospace industrial base
surplus of aircraft at the end of World War II
technological advances in mass production techniques
scale unprecedented in aviation history at the time
significantEvent rapid expansion after Pearl Harbor attack
startTime 1940
supportedBy federal financing of new factories and tooling
usedPolicy conversion of civilian factories to military production
cost-plus contracts
government-financed plant construction
priority allocation of raw materials
standardization of designs

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Glenn L. Martin Company plant, Omaha, Nebraska partOf United States wartime aircraft production program
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this entity surface form: United States war production effort in World War II