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  1. 07-30-2015 10:55 AM #1
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    If I read that correctly, the plant was established before WWII. A high capacity bomber plant fully established before WWII. Interesting that...

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    Quote Originally Posted by firebird77clone View Post
    If I read that correctly, the plant was established before WWII. A high capacity bomber plant fully established before WWII. Interesting that...
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    It was established before the US joined the war, which was precipitated by the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, but the war was already widely engaged.
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    Quote Originally Posted by firebird77clone View Post
    If I read that correctly, the plant was established before WWII. A high capacity bomber plant fully established before WWII. Interesting that...

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    More dots to connect...for every plane that was churned out of Henry's plant, someone had to crew it. So for every plane, someone, somewhere, had to provide the necessary people to man it, at the rate of one crew every 55 minutes.
    So there had to be tutors in sufficient numbers to educate the flying personnel, the ground crew to maintain the aircraft, someone to feed them, someone to build and maintain the landing facilities...the logistics are mind blowing...
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