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 Army Air Forces Materiel Command ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Douglas Aircraft Company ⓘ
Eastern Aircraft Division ⓘ
Ford Motor Company ⓘ
General Motors ⓘ
Grumman ⓘ
Kaiser Company ⓘ
linked to: Kaiser Industries

Lockheed ⓘ
North American Aviation ⓘ
Republic Aviation ⓘ
United Aircraft ⓘ
Vultee Aircraft ⓘ
laborForce included African American workers in expanding roles ⓘ
included large numbers of women workers ⓘ
notableProduct B-17 Flying Fortress ⓘ
B-24 Liberator ⓘ
B-29 Superfortress ⓘ
F4F Wildcat ⓘ
linked to: Grumman F4F Wildcat

F6F Hellcat ⓘ
linked to: Grumman F6F Hellcat

P-38 Lightning ⓘ
P-47 Thunderbolt ⓘ
P-51 Mustang ⓘ
TBF Avenger ⓘ
linked to: Grumman TBF Avenger
partOf 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 ⓘ
United States wartime aircraft production program → partOf → United States war production effort in World War II ⓘ
linked to: United States wartime aircraft production program