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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| United States war production effort in World War II | 1 |
| United States wartime aircraft production program canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
World War II home front program
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wartime industrial mobilization program ⓘ |
| aimedAt |
mass production of combat aircraft
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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
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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
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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
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included large numbers of women workers ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress
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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
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| partOf |
United States wartime aircraft production program
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United States war production effort in World War II
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| producedTypeOfEquipment |
bombers
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fighters ⓘ gliders ⓘ patrol aircraft ⓘ trainers ⓘ transport aircraft ⓘ |
| resultedIn |
dramatic increase in U.S. airpower
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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
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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
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